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Finance committee backs sending $137,000 loan resolution to full board to fund landfill feasibility work
Summary
Committee voted to send a resolution to the full county board asking for approximately $137,000 from the general fund as a loan to cover DNR review fees and drilling costs for additional monitoring wells tied to a landfill expansion feasibility study.
The finance committee voted to send a resolution to the full county board requesting about $137,000 as a loan from the general fund to fund additional monitoring and DNR review for a potential landfill expansion. A committee member moved the resolution and a second was recorded; the committee voted by voice and the motion carried.
Staff said the DNR found the county’s second submission incomplete and asked for additional monitoring. The proposed next step is to drill a monitoring "well nest" (two wells at the same location) to sample perched and regional aquifers. Staff provided preliminary cost estimates: the DNR review fee is $24,000, SEH’s engineering estimate to support the work is about $63,000, and Cascades Drilling provided a quote just under $43,000 for the additional well. "We are currently just under $635,000 spent," project staff said when summarizing previous expenditures on the expansion.
Staff told the committee the earliest DNR determination (if monitoring proceeds) would likely be in October because the new wells require four samplings spaced 30 days apart. Committee members discussed funding options including general fund loans, using unallocated project funds, or a formal line-of-credit arrangement tied to the landfill enterprise; staff recommended documenting a loan so it is repaid when landfill proceeds are available.
