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E <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager <br />From: Bruce A. Heflin, Public Works Directo <br />Date: April 3, 1991 <br />Subject: Recommendations of Landfill Owners Group <br />On March 25, the Landfill Owners Group met and decided upon a work <br />program and associated fees for the landfill fund for Fiscal Year <br />1991 -92. This memorandum summarizes those recommendations. <br />Landfill Operations <br />The Landfill Owners Group accepted the staff's recommendation to <br />continue the ongoing programs associated with the operations at the <br />landfill and planning initiatives which are budgeted. within this <br />division's budget. These include the following: <br />1. No changes to existing day -to --day operations. We continue <br />to accept permitted wastes, bury them and cover them according <br />to state regulations. We are continuing to work on the north <br />side of Eubanks Road, mounding wastes per our approved plan. <br />We anticipate continued operations on this site for the next <br />two to three years. There are no major equipment purchases <br />scheduled for next year. <br />2. Continued funding of engineering work related to the search <br />for the new landfill and for the design for the upcoming fill <br />area south of Eubanks Road (approx. $200,000). <br />3. Total requested budget for operations will be $811,000. <br />Contributions to Reserves <br />Recommended funding for next year includes the following <br />contributions to reserve funds within the Landfill Fund: <br />1. Continued contribution to reserves for land acquisition <br />($160,000). <br />2 Continued contribution to reserves for future equipment <br />purchases ($350,000). <br />3. Continued contribution to reserves for the construction of <br />an engineered fill area south of Eubanks Road ($550,000). <br />This fill area will have a composite liner system, leachate <br />recovery system, sophisticated storm water runoff controls, <br />Z ' <br />