ANDREWS – Though Andrews County was already off the hook with debt involved from a unique 2009 bond election to finance Waste Control Specialists’ low-level disposal landfill, it was still good to hear the remaining note was paid in full earlier this month, according to county officials.
The original $75-million bond had a 10-year call date that arrived this month. WCS’ relatively new owner—J.F. Lehman Company—wiped the slate clean with a payoff of more than $60 million on Aug. 15, county officials said.
Prior to the call date, annual debt payments came from an escrow account set up by JFLCO after it ...