Attention:
All residents, businesses and development property owners adjacent
to, or near, the city's present landfill on Nelson Ave. and Rt. 22 &
3 (W. Main)
The
city of Wilmington is seriously considering contracting with an out
of state “for profit” management company called Santek to assume
operation of the landfill.
As
I understand the situation, Santek will lease the property from the
city. In order to pay the city and make a profit Santek will have to
greatly increase the daily dumping rate from the present 58 tons per
day toward the maximum daily rate allowed by the Ohio EPA of 195 tons
per day. In order to meet this huge increase in volume Santek will be
bringing in trash and garbage from other parts of the state and maybe
even from out of state.
For
some reason there is a rush to accomplish this transfer when, in
fact, we now have a system that works well for the residents and the
business community and is self financing.
With
the recently approved expansion to an existing cell it will be as
much as ten years until a decision has to be made to open up another
area of the property or permanently close down the facility so that
quality development of the nearby and adjoining properties can occur.
My
position is and has been that if the system is working well for the
residents of the city don't try to fix it to gain a few temporary
dollars.
A
public meeting on the pending legislation will be held at or
before the next city council
meeting on Thursday, April the 17th
at 7:30
Inform your neighbors that may not read this letter.
Councilman
Joe Spicer represents this area and he can be contacted at 382-8945
or joespicer31@msn.com
Paul
Hunter Wilmington
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