The month of June offered some interesting happenings at the meeting of the Dutchess County Legislature. Besides the ongoing issue of siting a homeless shelter in Poughkeepsie, the ongoing questions about Solid Waste Disposal and options were brought up at the public portion. LWVMHR Observer Jane Simkin Smith writes:
“A Mother’s Out Front member brought attention to the Dutchess County Resource and Recovery Agency’s Put or Pay Solid Waste Disposal Service Agreement which, she urged, was not favorable to taxpayers; she also inveighed against the amount of waste being sent to incinerators and landfills, and urged county wide composting along with the need to know the economic impact of a new boiler or super incinerator”.
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