Proposed name change for BMS in the works

It’s not been uncommon for the Beaver Municipal Solutions (BMS) to be identified as part of Beaver County, and finally the organization is addressing this by taking a step to redefine exactly that.

“Beaver Municipal Solutions is often confused with Beaver County, so this is the opportune time to make a name change,” said Pierre Breau, General Manager of BMS, in an interview on Thursday, Aug. 1. “Claystone Waste Ltd. is the proposed new name for the new municipally controlled corporation.”

Over the next few weeks, BMS will be running an online awareness campaign to provide information about some upcoming proposal to transition to a municipally controlled corporation.

“The intended outcome of this public awareness campaign is for residents to be more informed about the nature of BMS operations, its community benefits and be more empowered to weigh the proposal to transition to a municipally controlled corporation,” said Anne Ruzicka, Program and Communications Director. “The community awareness campaign will occur primarily online and will include a new mobile-friendly website where residents can go to learn about the proposed changes to BMS.”

Speaking about the name change, Breau stated, “We’re not owned by the County but we’re often linked to the County, which could be good or bad depending on what happens, and I’d just had a meeting with our hydro-geological engineer about some construction, and we were speaking about mudstone and siltstone and claystone . . . and since the defining geological factor here is claystone, it’s like natural plastic that seemed to stick and we went ahead with that. It does have a relation to the local area.” . . . contd.