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Ellis County weighs reduced winter hours, Saturday closures at landfill
Summary
Environmental Services proposed shortening landfill winter hours and options to reduce or eliminate Saturday service in winter months to improve staff safety and efficiency; commissioners asked staff to gather public feedback and revisit the proposal next month.
Justin Craig, environmental services director, told commissioners traffic at the landfill drops substantially in winter and that staffing is minimal on Saturdays (two staff), which creates a safety concern. He presented two options: shorten weekday closing to 3 p.m. and either close Saturdays December–March or shorten Saturday hours to 8 a.m.–noon during November–March.
"Traffic decreases significantly in the wintertime," Craig said, describing a past incident where someone fell and almost went unnoticed because of limited staff on site. Commissioners discussed the possible operational and community impacts, noted a pending federal change to standard time could be a small consideration, and asked Craig to survey users and contractors before returning the item for a formal decision.
Provenance: item introduced SEG 476 and discussion continued through SEG 595.
