Well it's all for nought because there is a special public meeting scheduled for next Monday, in which a formal presentation will take place by Richard "Chip" Nylen, attorney for New Ventures, LLC.
The special meeting was set for Monday, June 2, proposed time 7 p.m., pending being officially called by Mayor Moak. All Nylen did tonight was formally submit the letter which you can read here, if you haven't already.
Five citizens stood and spoke against amending the host community agreement that the city entered into with New Ventures while a clearly engaged Nylen idly gazed out the window.
Just to recap, New Ventures is saying they need to truck more materials into the landfill in order to proceed with capping and permanently sealing said pile. They are appealing to the city, which they have screwed over at every opportunty, to amend the host community agreement.
Not sure why the City Council did not tell Nylen to get New Ventures to stop thumbing its nose at the city and send him packing tonight. I guess the mayor wants to give Nylen the opportunity to state his case, some time other than as soon as possible, which is what Nylen asked for in the letter.
As Ron Klodenski, who is on the ad hoc landfill advisory committee, said to Council, once NV ships all the materials they have been contracted to dispose of into the landfill, there will no longer be a financial incentive for the company to actually cap and seal the landfill as agreed.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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Isn't there a bond? I've only been involved in a few public projects, but there was always a bond to insure that the project was finished. Sometimes it wasn't enough, but at least it was there.
The idea is that, if the contractor doesn't finish the job for any reason, there is money for the city (or state or whatever) to have it done.
And, I read the Daily News every day. Did I miss this, or did they not cover it?
If there was a bond, it must be with the state.
Initially, the city entered into a Host Community Agreement with New Ventures to outline what material could be brought in to cap the landfill, how many trucks per day could enter the area and hours of operation. The agreement also stipulated that New Ventures pay the city a $130,000 mitigation fee and $20,000 in three incremental payments for the city to monitor the landfill on its own.
The mayor told me last year that the $130,000 has been pretty much used up to fight the landfill owner.
(The bit in italics is from a story I wrote last year.)
It's time to get some more out of them. I wonder what it would cost the city to dump NV and cap it ourselves. It would probably be worth it.
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