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Commissioners reject resolution to approve proposed waste-grinding processing facility after hours of debate
Summary
The Montgomery County Board of Commissioners voted 0-20 on Aug. 11, 2025, to deny a resolution (listed as 25 6 8 in the record) to approve a proposed permanent waste-grinding/processing facility; an amendment to add protective conditions had passed unanimously earlier in the meeting.
The Montgomery County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 11 rejected a resolution to approve a proposed permanent waste-grinding and processing facility, voting 0 yes, 20 no.
Commissioner Chris Gannon, who led much of the discussion, asked commissioners to consider an amended resolution that he said would insert protections for the county if the facility moved forward. “What we’re going to ask you to do is to vote on this to be amended as it is just in case it passes that we at least have some kind of protections inside this resolution,” Gannon said. The motion to adopt the amendment passed 20-0.
After extensive debate on zoning, legal definitions and community impacts, commissioners voted on the underlying resolution — recorded in the meeting as resolution 25 6 8,…
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