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South Boston Council committees on Monday night discussed the upcoming
closure of the South Boston landfill which has not only served the
Town, but also Halifax County for the past several years. But with the
deadline for closure of the landfill coming at the end of December,
Council members had questions about their trash collection beginning in
the new year.
Public Works Director Alan Auld told members he was pretty sure that
the current landfill has sufficient capacity to handle residential
trash for the next five weeks, although it will be "cutting it close."
He added that he has stopped some of the commercial haulers who had
earlier used the landfill.
But the main concern of Council members focused on the date of the
opening of the County's transfer station and the amount of time that
the Town (and the County) will have to direct haul solid waste to the
new regional landfill in Boydton. County Administrator Bryan Foster
said on Tuesday that bids for the construction of the station are
expected to go out next week and be opened on January 8, 2008. "It's
going to take six months at least to construct it," Foster said, noting
that it will be July at the earliest before the transfer station will
be operational. The County Administrator explained that the County has
already put out bids for independent haulers to help transport the
trash to the regional landfill after the South Boston landfill closes
and until the County's transfer station is completed.
South Boston Council also mulled the options for collecting yard waste
and debris, suggesting that roll-off boxes be placed at the current
convenience center off Hamilton Boulevard where yard waste could be
collected and then ground up for disposal.
Earlier members of the Current Issues Committee moved to place on
Council's December 10 agenda a request from George Leonard, chairman of
the town's Planning Commission, to allow two members of the commission
— Harriett Claiborne and Fields Thomas to serve another four year term
since they have completed the eight years of service that the Town Code
now allows. Leonard cited the cost of training Planners and the loss of
their experience as he asked for another term for the two members.
In other business Current Issues members delayed taking any action on a
report from the Board of Viewers who had recommended denial of a
request by Mr. Leon Brade to have an unopened alley which lies at the
rear of his Suggs Avenue property closed. Viewers noted that adjoining
land owners, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Hamilton were opposed to the alley
closure.
No one came before the Committee to discuss Founders College request to
rezone 21.74 acres from Planned Development-Residential District to
Planned Development-Business Park District and to rezone a 46 acre
tract from low density residential to Planned Development-Residential
District. Town Manager Ted Daniel explained that the changes were
needed in order to allow for expansion of the College's facilities
behind the historic old mansion, as well as for the addition of
business facilities near the proposed new residential area.