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Lawmakers hear about nuisance livestock operation in Orleans village and consider legislative fixes
Summary
On Tuesday, Feb. 24, John Wallley, general manager for the Village of Orleans, told senators an on‑site livestock operation he described as holding up to 75–200 pigs is producing odor, animal escapes and waste‑management problems that the village says fall into a regulatory gap; the committee offered caution about broad statutory changes.
On Tuesday, Feb. 24, members of a state senate committee heard testimony from John Wallley, general manager of the Village of Orleans, about a livestock operation located inside the village that residents say is creating strong odors, animal escapes and waste problems.
Wallley told the panel that the site once hosted regular commission sales and auctions but over time became a single-operator livestock operation. “Anywhere from, let’s say, 75 to 200 pigs” have been present at times, he said, and the operation sits “right into the middle of the village,” bordering an elderly housing…
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