In the past I've come to expect either deafening silence or blatant denial of the facts from Council and staff when I've spoken about the Bolender Park Landfill. Last night was different. Above and beyond Council obviously being attentive was the lively discussion of my Delegation about the landfill which followed. Councillors Larry Shantz, P. Merlihan and S. McMillan all added to the conversation as did staff member Jared Puppe. Both Larry and Patrick picked up on the irregularity of monitoring over the decades as well as the fact that both the gas probes and the Gas Collection System have not worked properly. Patrick also mentioned the fairly recent reinstallation of methane monitors in the former Paleshi Garage building as a sign of the seriousness of the methane problem. ............................................................................................. Scott McMillan suggested that there may need to be a discussion as to when the private interest takes precedence over the public interest in regards to the former landfill property. Mr. Puppe surprised me by stating that the Township are only obligated and responsible for off-site methane migration. Hmm I don't know how they can do that without a hands on approach to controlling/venting properly the on-site methane. ................................................................... Council were promised that an updated report will be forthcoming to them which was one of Scott's suggestions that this landfill be a future Agenda item. There was also the claim from Mr. Puppe that the new owner will remediate the on-site methane. Well well.
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