In the meantime, no site has been offered by members of the City Council of where garbage will be brought now that Metro Waste is in danger of not being paid.
Council members said before Baguio Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. inked a deal with Metro Waste, this should have been submitted to the City Council, for confirmation before hauling started.
Councilor Betty Lourdes Tabanda said the City Council was given the impression only Metro Waste is the accredited hauler.
It turned out accreditation of haulers is only for the transportation of toxic waste.
Council members who voted against the continuous hauling said they may be charged for graft if they appropriate funds for the payment of the hauler.
They said hauling should have been bid out.
Vice Mayor Daniel Fariñas confirmed there may be technical malversations, but he said legality of the deal will have to be studied further because of circumstances needing immediate attention like the need to address an impending epidemic if garbage were left out in the streets uncollected.
Plans at charging the cost of hauling against calamity funds was turned down, after the City Council disapproved the proposal to declare Baguio under a state of calamity.
The cost will instead be charged to other funds of the City Government.
Proposals have been broached that garbage generated everyday be dumped temporarily at the Lime Kiln also in Irisan.
This was also turned down because the area is thickly populated.
At the time the city was scouting for an area of where to dump garbage left in the city's trucks, the Lime Kiln was identified as transfer station but residents also barricaded the area.
City Administrator Peter Fianza said the Lime Kiln can be used as a temporary dumping area, but just the same, it cannot be used as open dumpsite.
Plastic linings also needed to be installed to avoid seepage.
Representatives of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) and the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) confirmed that open dumpsites could no longer operate.
A two-hectare property in Virac in Itogon, Benguet was offered as temporary site, but also was not considered.
Councilor Antonio Tabora Jr., who was appointed by the mayor to study the offers for a landfill by a number of local government units (LGUs) reiterated although there are offers, social acceptability is the most critical.
"What needs to be addressed now is the immediate solution, where do we dump now," he told his colleagues.
Before the EMB issues an Environmental Compliance Certificate, a barangay resolution, council resolution and other clearances are required.
Tabora said obtaining these requirements will take time and garbage production on the other hand is continuous.
"Where will we bring our garbage now?" Tabora said.
Fariñas for his part said "they can't give a practical solution to the problem," referring to some of his colleagues.
Three-member committees meanwhile, were formed to negotiate with groups that offered to help the city in this problem.
One committee headed by Councilor Erdolfo Balajadia was tasked to meet with officials of Camp John Hay.
Another committee headed by Tabanda was tasked to meet with the Carantes family regarding the parcel of land they offered to sell in Virac, Itogon, Benguet and the committee headed by Councilor Isabelo Cosalan Jr. was tasked to meet officials of Philippine Military Academy (PMA).
Each committee was given one week to come up with their respective reports.
