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By Michele Smith
The Times 

Commissioners Consider New Recycling Station Plan

 

The proposed site of the new recycling center building is shown in grey. The current transfer center is shown on the upper right. The total estimated cost of the project is $53,056.19 and could be completed in 2017, according to Dayton Public Works Director Andrew Woods.

Fairgrounds Facilities and Code Enforcement are also discussed

DAYTON-The Board of County Commissioners had a busy week last week.

Recycling

When they met on Mon., Feb. 13, the board heard a proposal from Public Works Director Andrew Woods concerning plans to establish a new recycling station, to be located at an unused portion of property at the county transfer station.

The plan will consolidate all the recycling bins in the county, including those behind Dingle's Hardware Store, and at the Dayton School District, centrally.

The cost estimate for site work in Phase I, which includes installing Type 3 fencing with a twenty-two foot cantilevered gate, a thirty-six foot swing gate, fence removal, site preparation, and top course is around $20,000, Woods said.

Woods has identified $10,000 remaining in a Coordinated Prevention Grant, through the Department of Ecology to begin the project, he told the commissioners.

Woods suggested that the remaining amount come from the capital improvement fund.

Phase II of the plan includes building a 24' W x 32' L x 14' H pole building, which would be tall enough to house the equipment, with enough space for the compacter, and with an adequate amount of space to move around the equipment.

The cost estimate for Phase II is $32,516.00, with a project total of $53,056.19.

The conversation continued at the commissioners' regular meeting on Wednesday of last week.

Commissioner Mike Talbott said," I wouldn't be surprised if we go ahead and do all of it this year, if the public wants it."

There is money in the budget, and we can get the rest of it from reserves," he said.

Commissioner Merle Jackson agreed. He said he has been hearing from the public about cleaning up the space behind Dingle's Hardware Store.

Woods suggested bidding the pole building out, along with the site work, to save money. Recycling at the new site can begin as soon as site work is accomplished, in 2017, Woods said.

Fairgrounds

County Planner Meagan Bailey came before the commissioners on Wednesday to talk about progress on the Fairgrounds Facilities Improvement Plan.

Bailey said the twenty-member committee is fairly close to completing a whole draft study, and that it should be finished by the time they meet in March.

The purpose of the plan is to establish needs, rather than wants, and then to apply for grants during the next grant cycle which begins in June, 2017, according to Columbia County Planning and Building Director Kim Lyonnaise.

"I really think we are getting some good progress," said Commissioner Talbott, commending Bailey for her work on the committee.

Code Enforcement

Lyonnaise also said the plan to contract with the City of Dayton's Code Enforcement Officer to provide code enforcement to the county, on a part-time basis, is becoming a reality.

"We have a good understanding of the process. We're on the same page. We're starting off great," said Lyonnaise.

Lyonnaise said the matter could go before the city council on February 27.

"We hope to have a contract by March 6," he said.

At the Wednesday meeting Lyonnaise also requested a public hearing regarding the county's nuisance ordinances.

"There are quite a few changes. We've been working on it quite a while," Lyonnaise said about the simplified code.

A public hearing has been scheduled for Mon., March 6, at 10 a.m., during the next regular meeting of the BOCC.

A public hearing is also scheduled for 7 p.m. on Mon., March 20, at the county courthouse regarding proposed speed limit changes on the North Touchet Road. Some of the changes include a reduction in speed from Baileysburg to the city limits, going from 40 mph to 35 mph, and an increase in speed from Baileysburg to milepost 7.5, where the road narrows, going from 50 mph to 60 mph, then back down to 50 mph, according to Public Works Department officials.

Tucannon Road Project

The BOCC also approved a local agency agreement with the Washington State DOT obligating around one million dollars of Federal funding for Phase III of the Tucannon Road Project, and they signed off on the project outline.

 

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