County explores recycling, C&D landfill years ago
Additional information will be gathered in the coming months regarding a county recycling plan.
Marion County Commission Chairman Dan Holub asked interim transfer station manager Rollin Schmidt to prepare a proposal for countywide recycling during Thursday's meeting.
Unattended recycling trailers could cause concern when residents use the receptacle for solid waste that isn't recyclable, Schmidt said.
Plans also include the possibility of a construction and demolition landfill in the county.
Holub noted trucks from neighboring counties could haul to Marion County with the C&D waste which could serve as a revenue stream for the county.
More information will be gathered and presented at a later date.
In other business:
— The luck of the draw was the method the commission used to break ties of township clerk candidates.
The townships and winners were Blaine, Jesse Brunner; Clear Creek, Lester Kaiser; Gale, Marsha Vogel; Grant, Harry Sieger; Lehigh, Bob Jost; Lost Springs, Terry Deines; and Milton, Terry Nystrom.
If the chosen write-in candidate does not want to accept the position, the township boards then will recommend a candidate for the clerk's position. Those recommendations then would be made to the county commission for approval.
— Commissioner Bob Hein commented that at a recent meeting of Kansas Association of Counties, he was informed that school districts did not have to pay sales tax on fuel. He was planning to do more research into the matter to see if counties could qualify as well.
— County road and bridge superintendent Jim Herzet said patrolmen within the department were to begin brush trimming and removal. Commission chairman Dan Holub said residents have expressed concerns about the overgrowth, particularly on "blind" corners.
The department also will make improvements to a dilapidated bridge near Durham.
— Schmidt said the state department of agriculture had released bindweed gall mites in an area near Timber and 240th as an experiment. He said he hoped it would be as successful as musk thistle weevils had been.
— When Schmidt contacted the City of Marion regarding the county using an abandoned street near the transfer station, Schmidt was told that the city attorney had suggested the city vacate Spruce Street. The street is 66 feet which includes easements. When the street is vacated, 33 feet will belong to the county and 33 feet will belong to the property owner west of the street.
The owner of the property will be identified and contacted so the county can acquire the additional land.
A fence is proposed to enclose that area for truck storage.
