Halifax County Supervisors on Monday night announced their decision to
place the controversial transfer station for solid waste collection on
the 21 acre Barnes site which adjoins the former Georgia Pacific
property, located off US Route 58. Their decision came on a 7-1 vote
with ED#1 Supervisor R. E. "Dickie Abbott" opposing the measure.
While some testing remains to be completed at the site, ED#4 Supervisor
Doug Bowman moved to identify the location as the Board's "preferred
site." Bowman pointed out that the site already includes a roadway
which cuts down on the County's expense of having to construct one, and
is in a spot which will not interfere with economic development at the
former G-P site.
Last month the Board approved the purchase of the property for a price
of $525,000. Bowman said that by identifying the property for the
station's location, progress can be made on completing testing for the
facility which will be sorely needed when the South Boston landfill
closes on December 31, 2007.
Supervisors also approved the low bid submitted by Donald Guthrie of
Centerville General Services to take over the recycling of county
materials. County Administrator Bryan Foster said Guthrie's business
would handle newspaper, mixed paper, plastics and cardboard _ much the
same as Recycling Works currently handles (Recycling Works will close
its operation at the end of this month.)
ED#5 Supervisor James Edmunds encouraged his fellow board members to
look for ways to cut down on littering across the county. Edmunds
suggested the possibility of setting "a bounty" for anyone who would be
willing to report someone seen littering and be willing to go to court
to seek a conviction. Other members said they would consider the issue,
but worried that such a move might elicit added problems.