Landfill questions

It seems that, all of a sudden, the city is backing down on the landfill. Brian Derrivan, the ward councillor concerned, seems to be indicating as much. The mayor was out of town this week, so I guess Derrivan is filling in.

From the Daily News (same story I linked to earlier):
Derrivan said New Ventures is likely coming to the city before signing a deal with the state.

"New Ventures doesn't want to sign an agreement with state unless there are assurances from the city," he said.

But Ron K wrote this on April 22:

According to Public Health Director Jack Morris, the Mass. Attorney General announced in court this morning that he, the Crow Lane landfill owner and the DEP had come to an agreement that will probably allow the landfill owner to resume normal operations -- that is, trucking more demolition debris into Newburyport for deposit on Crow Lane. When operations might resume is unclear.

As I noted before here, the city has allowed asphalt grindings into the landfill, and per an email from Ron Klodenski: To start doing this, the landfill owner had to fulfill several conditions, including payment of some funds due the city.

I totally agree with Tom Salemi that everyone needs to know the deal New Ventures has apparently already made with the AG and DEP before granting any concessions at all. Maybe there is more than one deal/agreement/whatever you want to call it on the table.

But it seems as if at least some city officials know something that no one is talking about. Perhaps someone can shed some light on this.

Or maybe we all have to wait until Tuesday.