An update on the proposed North Canon Sewer project, tabling of a coal mine application, and consideration of raising tipping fees for disposal of solid waste highlighted the agenda for the Board of Commissioners at their regular meeting on February 13th.
After the Commissioners conducted a public hearing on the proposed Northfield Coal Mine at their January 9th meeting on a conditional use permit for the mine located in the Chandler-Williamsburg area, the matter was tabled for one month. In the interim period the Commissioners raised twenty-four issues of questions and clarifications from the applicant. Northfield Partners then requested further tabling of the permit application until the February 27th Board meeting to give them enough time to respond.
Fremont Sanitation District Manager George Medaris updated the Commissioners on the proposed North Canon Sewer project. An area north of Washington Avenue along York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Lawrence, where septic systems have been failing over the years is the focus of an effort to secure grants and loans to bring sanitary sewer to some 180 households. Medaris said based on signed contracts returned since a January 31st deadline there appears to be sufficient interest so that the project could move forward. He said a couple of blocks may have to be 'drawn out' of the proposed boundaries in order to get over fifty percent of property owners support. But Medaris said the Board of Commissioners may ultimately have to decide that if the project moves ahead, whether the other areas may be forced to come into the project as a matter of environmental health concerns to prevent further septic system failures and raw sewage surfacing onto the ground. Medaris said a third important meeting for residents in the North Canon neighborhood is set for Friday evening, March 2nd at 7 o'clock at the Skyline Elementary School.
The Commissioners voted to approve a resolution that increases the county's surcharge on solid waste at Twin Landfill and all local waste transfer stations from thirty cents to fifty cents a cubic yard. The Commissioners noted that the fee had not been increased in more than nine years. The money is used primarily for the local recycling program but the Commissioners noted that efforts by the County's Code Enforcement officers to clean up junk on private property and county rights of way creates a cost that cannot be met within the Planning Department budget. Gary Fuselier of Twin Landfill told the Board at the public hearing that the fee increase appears to be unfair to contractors and citizens who haul loose waste to the landfill. Fuselier said five cubic yards of loose waste will compact into one cubic yard on a garbage truck. The Commissioners said they would agree at budget time next fall to consider whether different tipping fees are appropriate for compacted waste versus non-compacted waste.
In other business at the February 13th meeting the Commissioners:
After the Commissioners conducted a public hearing on the proposed Northfield Coal Mine at their January 9th meeting on a conditional use permit for the mine located in the Chandler-Williamsburg area, the matter was tabled for one month. In the interim period the Commissioners raised twenty-four issues of questions and clarifications from the applicant. Northfield Partners then requested further tabling of the permit application until the February 27th Board meeting to give them enough time to respond.
Fremont Sanitation District Manager George Medaris updated the Commissioners on the proposed North Canon Sewer project. An area north of Washington Avenue along York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Lawrence, where septic systems have been failing over the years is the focus of an effort to secure grants and loans to bring sanitary sewer to some 180 households. Medaris said based on signed contracts returned since a January 31st deadline there appears to be sufficient interest so that the project could move forward. He said a couple of blocks may have to be 'drawn out' of the proposed boundaries in order to get over fifty percent of property owners support. But Medaris said the Board of Commissioners may ultimately have to decide that if the project moves ahead, whether the other areas may be forced to come into the project as a matter of environmental health concerns to prevent further septic system failures and raw sewage surfacing onto the ground. Medaris said a third important meeting for residents in the North Canon neighborhood is set for Friday evening, March 2nd at 7 o'clock at the Skyline Elementary School.
The Commissioners voted to approve a resolution that increases the county's surcharge on solid waste at Twin Landfill and all local waste transfer stations from thirty cents to fifty cents a cubic yard. The Commissioners noted that the fee had not been increased in more than nine years. The money is used primarily for the local recycling program but the Commissioners noted that efforts by the County's Code Enforcement officers to clean up junk on private property and county rights of way creates a cost that cannot be met within the Planning Department budget. Gary Fuselier of Twin Landfill told the Board at the public hearing that the fee increase appears to be unfair to contractors and citizens who haul loose waste to the landfill. Fuselier said five cubic yards of loose waste will compact into one cubic yard on a garbage truck. The Commissioners said they would agree at budget time next fall to consider whether different tipping fees are appropriate for compacted waste versus non-compacted waste.
In other business at the February 13th meeting the Commissioners:
-
Approved a six month conditional use permit for the Red Creek Land Company gravel pit. The pit will operate only within the 35 acre subdivision mining an estimated 15,000 tons of gravel to build roads within the subdivision. It is located west of Highway 9 in the Tallahassee area northwest of Canon City;
-
Approved a bid award of $49,692 to A.D.T. for installation of a new electronic security system in the Fremont County Judicial Center;
-
Approved a contract with Armstrong Consultants of Grand Junction for a crack sealing project at the Fremont County Airport;
-
and approved the annual stationary printing bid to Master Printers, the low bidder for $5,519.