Finance Committee - 05/19/2021 Page 19
Mayor Donchess
Yes, Alderwoman Klee?
Alderman Klee
Thank you so much. Mr. LaFleur, | can understand | have seen a lot of my neighbors as well as ourselves
cleaning a lot of brush and delivering it to the landfill. But the question | have is when we have had severe
storms and so on, | know | lost a lot of trees in some of those really bad storms that we’ve had. Would we do
something like this then or is this is just way above and beyond that?
Mr. LaFleur
Yes normally if we have a big storm like the ice storm a few years back we did a big brush grinding, we
separated that out. But typically if it is a big enough storm we get some help from the government or from the
State and they would help pay to have that done if it is a big enough storm.
Alderman Klee
Thank you so much, | appreciate that.
Mr. LaFleur
Sure.
Mayor Donchess
Alderwoman Lu?
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you. Mr. LaFleur is this just to hasten the decomposition of the brush?
Mr. LaFleur
I’m sorry | didn’t quite get that question?
Alderwoman Lu
Is this just to hasten the decomposition of the brush?
Mr. LaFleur
Well the brush is actually tree branches and stuff like that, that’s what going to be grinding them up and we will
use those chips in our landfill to help tighten up the soils and everything when we have to drive over the track
during wet weather.
Alderwoman Lu
Thank you. And just one other question unrelated. Do you still make compost at the landfill or did we
discontinue that?
Mr. LaFleur
How do | say this correctly? We collect yard waste, we turn the piles but we don’t turn them properly enough
