Special Board of Aldermen 06-21-2021 Page 43
Mayor Donchess
| was an Alderman. There were some projections given which turned out not to be true or accurate, let’s
put it that way. So what has happened is several acres, 2 or 3 acres were subdivided off of the Burke Street
property and added to the treatment plant property area so that if this phosphorus treatment is required,
there would be room to accomplish that. And there is a closing, the purchase price was not $4.5 it was
$4.1 or $4.2 something like that or even $4 million; we would have to get the exact number. But there’s a
closing scheduled which was supposed to take place today and we think will occur, there was a death of
somebody instrumental in all this, we expect it will occur within the next week or so which will realize $3.7
million. So in the end getting that extra land cost like $300,00.00.
Mr. Richardson So you are talking about this net sale being a smaller footprint, smaller number of acreage.
Mayor Donchess
Yeah it is a little smaller than we bought.
Mr. Richardson So the amount that is going to be used for Waste Water Treatment purposes is how big?
Mayor Donchess
What is 2.5 acres.
Director Fauteux
2.5 acres.
Mr. Richardson And that is sufficient for our purposes?
Mayor Donchess
Yes.
Mr. Richardson | have another question but I’ll let someone else talk if anybody else wants to talk? My turn
again. On Solid Waste, so | am looking at Page 284. Down at the bottom Solid Waste Appropriations $10
million dollars in change, less Revenues minus $5 million dollars and change. Amount subsidized by the
General Fund, $5 million dollars. This has been going on for a number of years. | always ask the question
why don’t we increase the tipping fees? Why are we having this coming out of the General Fund? | don’t
believe that people coming, contractors coming and dumping in our landfill are paying their fair share. And
I’ve heard the excuse that say, well it’s market rate. | don’t believe it. So maybe you could have an
explanation of that.
Director Fauteux
Sure.
Mayor Donchess
I’d love to get more money out of that. Maybe we could justify more but | have to listen to the experts.
Director Fauteux
Our tipping fee is above market rate, OK? Market rate at landfills is somewhere between $65.00 and
$70.00 a ton. We are at $80.00. We are getting very little to begin with of the waste. A lot of it is being
taken to the hauler’s own transfer stations. So if we increase the rate above $80.00 we wouldn’t get any.
