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Council schedules work session on solid-waste code updates after public concerns over tipping fee and biosolids
Summary
Council moved a public-works work session to review solid-waste code updates and procedures; public commenters questioned a $1.43 million tipping-fee figure and raised PFAS concerns in biosolids and transparency about fee use.
Council scheduled a work session requested by Public Works to review updates to solid-waste code sections and administrative processes intended to improve transparency and statewide reporting. Staff told council the tipping fee already had been approved and the work session will review related code updates, including separating program administration from enforcement.
During public comment, Carmen Deleon and remote commenter Kimberly Gohan Elvin raised environmental and public-health concerns tied to solid waste. Kimberly asked for clarity about a $1.43 million tipping-fee figure and where those funds have gone since 2017, and warned about PFAS in biosolids used as fertilizer. Deleon urged more mental-health services and said pharmaceutical residues in wastewater were affecting fish ("the fish are going crazy from everybody peeing out Prozac"). Council members registered support to move the code review to a noticed work session where staff and stakeholders can provide more detail.
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