When the Buena Vista board of trustees next meets March 9, they’ll hear reports on Chaffee County trash and revisit the town’s ordinance on barking dogs.
Cindy Williams, chairperson, and Rick Hum, vice-chair, announced Chaffee County Common Ground program raised $1.16 million in 2019 and $1.18 million in 2020.
The short line railway recently secured a lease agreement for the line from the owner Union Pacific.
Concerns range from fear of crude oil shipments from Utah to the effect the reintroduction of the train might have on ecosystems and property values.
Sara Cassidy, community liason for the Colorado Midland & Pacific, stated at a recent meeting of concerned stakeholders in Leadville the railway has no intention to operate oil trains across the Tennessee Pass Line.
That speculation is connected to a proposed rail line in Utahâs Uinta Basin which will be operated by Rio Grande Pacific Corp., parent company to Colorado Midland & Pacific.
Between 2018 and 2019, Chaffee County generated more waste, but recycled or composted less, the audit found.
The report was prepared by Erica Wohldmann-Gift and GARNA executive director Dominique Naccarato.
In 2018, the county generated 25,420 tons of waste, and in 2019 that figure increased to 26,237 tons. The amount of that waste that was recycled or composted decreased year-to-year from 2,058 to 1,912 tons.
That makes for an estimated landfill diversion rate 8.1 percent in 2018 and 7.3 percent in 2019, according to the report. The statewide average diversion rate in 2018 was 12 percent, and the national average rate is 35 percent.
On average, each resident of Chaffee County throws away 6.5 pounds of trash per day, the report said.
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