Williamsburg County Council announced Tuesday its intention to enter into a contract with Material Resource Recovery (MRR), a waste management company.
The vote was nearly unanimous, with only one council member, Samuel E. Drucker, opposing the motion.
MRR has been at the center of a landfill debate in Marlboro County in recent months, but they were able to broker a deal with Williamsburg County Council to close the current Sandhills landfill and open a new landfill at a different location in Williamsburg County.
The cost of the move will be offset by MRR, according to council attorney W. E. Jenkinson III. Jenkinson said the company will pay to close the existing landfill, as well as for the site studies and land acquisition needed to locate a new site for the future landfill, but the title for the land will remain in the county’s name.
Williamsburg County Supervisor Stanley Pasley said the council wanted to ensure that entering into the contract would not adversely affect the county or the citizens in any way.
“The action the council took tonight is certainly in keeping with our overall objective in addressing the landfill situation,” Pasley said.
He said another goal was to limit the environmental impact to the county, the rivers, the streams, the land and the citizens of Williamsburg County.
“We wanted to make sure we protected the environment,” he said.
He said the contract also is an opportunity for the county’s citizens to improve economic and industrial development.
According to Jenkinson, the contract states that MRR will pay the county $400,000 annually for the operation of the site, which currently is the cost to operate the existing Sandhills landfill. Also, there will be a $2 per ton fee for in-state waste and a $2.25 per ton fee for out-of-state waste. He said the in-state waste will be the first priority of the landfill, with out-of-state waste being used to take up any space left over.
“If you look under your kitchen sink, where most of you keep your garbage cans, that’s what’s going to go in there,” Jenkinson said.
Presently, a site has not been chosen for the new landfill, but it will not be located on top of the existing landfill in Williamsburg County — a fact many residents are grateful for.
“We’re really pleased,” Williamsburg County resident Leslee Spivey said. “I think (the location of the new landfill) was very important to the community.”
She said she also was happy the council took the residents’ views on the issue into consideration.
“Sometimes people just need to stand up for what they believe in,” she said.
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Published: February 19, 2008
Published: February 19, 2008
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