Dealing with solid waste is a big job–and Pottawatomie County’s Sanitarian/Landfill Supervisor is preparing a long range plan on the way the county deals with such waste. Scott Schwinn addressed County Commissioners Monday and told the group he is working on a five year plan to present to the state, which would include household waste, recycled, C& D (construction and demolition), compost, residential waste, and the way waste is transferred.
A hearing will be held September 28th for the Commission to review that plan. a pre-dump day is set for October third at the county transfer station. And landfill numbers are up a little bit, both for the C-D and residential, for the amount of waste shipped.
Pottawatomie County is getting close to a tax foreclosure sale, with a presentation Monday by County Counselor John Watt. The sale will be this fall. 47 tracts of land are involved, compared to 120 with the last time the county had such a sale. Commission Chair Pat Weixelman adds it’s good to keep on top of it but consequently the numbers are down a little bit.
Bids for asphalt projects throughout the county were also opened at Monday’s meeting, with Public Works Director Leu Lowrey coming back to commissioners next week with a recommendation after checking all of the math on the bids.
Another item on the commission agenda Monday had to do with vacating some roads in the count, with a hearing closed regarding three road closures by Olsburg. Commission Chair Pat Weixelman says the roads were not even defined where you could see a road and were originally constructed in the late 1880’s.
Weixelman indicates vacating the roads is somewhat a technicality and helps the property owners clean up surveying the areas and makes the legal description of the property a little easier to maintain.
And Pottawatomie County’s Public Works Department is coming back from recent storms. Commissioners heard from the Assistant Public Works Director Jim Jenkins Monday, saying clean up is getting close after rain damage to the county. Jenkins added CDL truck drivers are needed in the county right now, which is becoming more difficult to fill with new criteria and requirements.
