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Residents, commissioners urge pause on Republic Services landfill expansion talks; Piercy warns of long‑term impacts
Summary
Public commenters and commissioners described strong community opposition to Republic Services’ proposed Middle Point Landfill expansion and praised a public‑works committee vote to cease further discussions; Commissioner Piercy delivered a detailed history and cautioned against selling county landfill property.
Several residents and commissioners used the public comment and 'other business' portions of the meeting to press the county to avoid enabling expansion of the Middle Point Landfill and to restore community engagement on solid‑waste planning.
Susan Allen told the commission she and many residents supported last week’s Public Works Committee motion that, she said, "requests no additional information from Republic Services and to cease further discussions with Republic Services regarding the…
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