Peoria City/County Landfill Committee Observer Report

The Peoria City County Landfill Committee met on April 17th, its regular third Wednesday of the month at 
3 p.m. in Room 404 of Peoria City Hall. Committee member Rick Fox was requested to lead the meeting
by Chairman Steve Morris, who could not attend.  
​  County Sustainability staff member Karen Raithel announced  several E-waste and other collection events and April Earth Day/Month promotions, which are posted on the County website.
   The Foth Engineering report included that the 2018 Landfill #1 annual report was being completed and approval was requested for signature when done as this landfill is under the responsibility of the City/County for ongoing maintenance and monitoring.
  PDC has already completed their report for what will be Landfill #3, which they will operate when completed.
  The Illinois EPA Bureau of Air made a site visit to Landfill #2, the current operating landfill, which is run by Waste
Management (WM). The last IEPA air inspection was in 2016.
  Work continues to repair landfill gas flares that were impacted by the extreme winter weather. Foth and WM are submitting a joint report. WM noted that the amount of garbage for the previous month is again down. There was discussion that the budget for the year may need to be adjusted if this downward trend continues. Committee Member Pat Nichting asked if this could be due to the City of Peoria going to twice a month recycling pick-ups. Comment was that it could be a slight impact. Mr. Nichting said industry news shows landfill receipts are down 5% but Peoria is seeing a 15% drop and he asked for a report at the next meeting to better monitor the decline so the
Committee can discuss what can be done. One comment was waste haulers may be going to other locations.
    There was discussion of an offer from an adjacent landowner to sell property to the landfill among several
other items.
   Solar energy was still listed on the agenda, however there has been no action or updates. 
Joyce Blumenshine, Observer