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Council moves forward with BFI landfill settlement and transfer for community solar; residents press for cost and liability details
Summary
Residents pressed the Monroe Township Council at its Aug. 4 meeting for details about a resolution tied to a BFI landfill settlement and a planned transfer of the site to a company that would build a community solar project.
Residents used the meeting's public-comment portion to press the council for specifics about a resolution (R168) tied to the township's landfill and a proposed transfer of ownership to a company that would develop a community solar project.
George Kunkleman, a Monroe resident, said he had not been able to access details of the agreement and asked whether the township would recover roughly $5 million the township had spent to address landfill problems. A town official explained the transaction is designed to end existing litigation between the township and BFI, transfer ownership and operational responsibility for the landfill to the buyer, and take BFI out of the leasing/operation…
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