This podcast contains comments from the March 9, 2021 Bryan city council meeting. Speakers include councilmen Brent Hairston, Bobby Gutierrez, Flynn Adcock, and Reuben Marin and mayor Andrew Nelson.

A Bryan city council majority denies trash hauling permit applications sought by two out of town companies.

This week's 5-1 vote followed a discussion about whether to give preferential treatment to locally based businesses.

The vote was on an amended motion to exclude permit requests from companies based in Brenham and Caldwell.

That was followed by a 6-0 vote on the main motion to renew permit requests for five companies based in Bryan, College Station, and Hearne...and award a permit to a new company based in College Station.