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Landfill scanner planned after garbage truck registered radioactive reading
Summary
Solid Waste Superintendent Meissel reported a commercial-route garbage truck "tested hot at the landfill for radioactive material," and that staff will rely on a new scanner to better detect contaminants; a trough full of motor oil was also found on the same truck.
Solid Waste Superintendent Meissel told the Public Works Committee that "the commercial route garbage truck tested hot at the landfill for radioactive material. Luckily we were still able to dump after they used the hand tool." He said the same truck was later found to have a trough full of motor oil when back at the shop. Meissel said the new scanner at the dump will help detect these hazards going forward.
Clerk/Treasurer Chamberlin said the City will run reminders about proper garbage use and spring cleanup procedures. The committee did not record enforcement steps or identified sources for the contamination in the transcript; Meissel framed the scanner as a tool to reduce risk and improve detection at the landfill.
