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Hereâs what you missed from the March 9 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:
1 The board authorized the town administrator to sign documents closing on the sale of the Dryfield Ditch property north of town, along with its associated water rights.
Trustees approved the purchase of the property last month and with the signing of closing documents Friday, town will officially become the owners of the property.
The 103-acre property, located 10 miles north of town, west of U.S. Highway 24 near Tomken Machine has several buildings and includes a deeded 3.1 cubic feet per second water right on the Arkansas River dating to 1882 out of the Dryfield Ditch.
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.
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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