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Allegany County looking at landfill options

Posted September 10, 2007 11:00 pm

Tony Washer

After having some time to review a report from Allegany County Public Works Deputy Superintendent John Mancuso, legislators had a chance to ask more questions Wednesday at the public works committee meeting.

Allegany County Public Works Superintendent David Roeske began discussions by announcing that a meeting with the Cattaraugus County public works officials has been slated for Sept. 13 in order to get more information on how their county handles solid waste.

"We're going to ask questions and take a look at their system," said Roeske, who added that Dwight Fanton, R-Willing, chairman of the public works committee, also would attend the meeting and extended an invitation to the other committee members.

Mancuso states in his report that Cattaraugus County collects waste at eight transfer stations throughout the county and is then hauled by Cattaraugus County to the Ellery Landfill in Chautauqua County. This is just one option that Allegany County could go with and Roeske and Mancuso are hoping to get a better understanding at their Sept. 13 meeting.

"Certainly our landfill has a life expectancy," said Michael McCormick, D-Andover. "Is there any other sites in the county that we've thought about?"

Mancuso replied, saying the county had not looked into other land areas.

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"It would be a lot like building a whole new landfill at a whole new site," Mancuso said. "The thing about the solid waste management plan is that we're not proposing drastic changes in how we manage waste. We're still probably going to rely on a landfill, a recycle program, our transfer stations."

Mancuso also stated the county must provide the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) with a comprehensive plan by the end of the year and the state would have to be notified with an update after legislators make their decision on the landfill.

In other business, Roeske and Mancuso proposed a motion to award the landfill scale to the Root, Neal company, of Buffalo, at a price of $29,800. The committee unanimously passed it.

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Green's Dumptruck Service, of Wellsville, was recommended by Roeske, to be awarded sand and salt hauling rights for the county. Roeske said the county would decide which towns the service would haul to and it depended on what the county can afford to pay for the service. The motion unanimously passed.

The final action the committee voted on was the motion to sell a rock crusher owned by the county.

"We've been inspected by mine safety and health and there are some expensive violations on the crusher," Roeske said, adding the crusher had not been used by the county in several years and that costs for the repairs in order to comply with federal regulations would be costly. "I would like to put it up for sale. I don't think it's worth it for the county to own it at all."

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Brent Reynolds, R-Alfred, motioned the crusher be sold and the committee unanimously passed it.

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