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Public Utility Board approves undercarriage wash at landfill using 2013 bond funds
Summary
The City of Denton Public Utility Board approved construction of an undercarriage (wheel) wash system at the city landfill using remaining 20-year bond funds from 2013; the system will recirculate wash water and return dried solids to the landfill.
The City of Denton Public Utility Board on Feb. 24 approved a project to install an undercarriage (wheel) wash system at the city landfill using remaining proceeds from a 2013 20-year bond issuance.
Board discussion focused on funding and how the system handles wastewater. A resident, Brad Harvest, asked about the funding source and the fate of wastewater; a staff member answered that the work will be paid from the leftover capacity of a 20-year bond issued in 2013 and that the wash is a recirculation system whose solids are allowed to dry and are returned to the landfill as cover.
The item was pulled from the consent agenda for brief discussion before the board voted. Harvest said he had “clicked this line item number and what is it? That's bond money.” A staff member explained the bond history and the funding decision, saying the remaining money is “basically that last little bit of money that was not earmarked for anything else” and that using 20-year bond proceeds for a 20-year facility “makes sense to finish this up, close out that bond, and then we can start new capacity.”
On the wash system itself, staff described it as a high-pressure undercarriage wash that drains into a recirculation system of troughs and weirs. “That water drains into this…system, and with the gravity and just the flow of water, the solids drop out, and then we reuse the water, so it just keeps recirculating,” the staff member said. When the system is drained and the solids dry, staff said the material will be “pulled out, use it for cover” and placed back on the landfill.
The board approved the consent-agenda item by voice vote; the chair announced the motion “passes unanimously.” The transcript does not specify the dollar amount for this specific element in the meeting discussion; the agenda sheet referenced a related line item and the board noted that unused allowances would revert to the city.
The board did not set a separate implementation schedule in the public discussion. Staff said the existing lower-end wheel-wash system had performed for 12–15 years and that the new system is being installed in the area where the old wheel wash operated.
