Thursday, August 1, 2013

Long-closed Belvidere landfill continues to be costly | Belvidere Daily Republican

Written by Bob Balgemann

 

Long-closed Belvidere landfill continues to be costly There are 22 monitoring wells at various points around the old garbage dump.

Now there is more expense for the county, $58,760 to have TRC improve the leachate extraction system. The board at its July 17 meeting approved that expenditure, with $25,000 being spent in the current fiscal year and $33,760 in the 2013-14 fiscal year. …..

 

Terrinoni told the roads and capital improvements committee at its July 2 meeting that he felt a shiver in his spine when it was suggested the chromium problem could mean the monitoring wells are failing.

“They’re not saying that now,” he said….

Water, sewer connection fee

BELVIDERE – The Boone County Board is asking the city of Belvidere to waive an $11,000 connection fee it assessed for connecting the Maple Crest nursing home to its water and sewer system.

That action came in an 11-0 vote at the board’s July 17 meeting.

City-county coordinating committee member Bill Pysson first suggested the reduction in cost during the July 10 meeting. “We’re not asking for a lot,” he said.

His suggestion went to the full board one week later.

“The original project (cost) was paid by the county and a grant,” District 2 board member Paul Larson said. “Our opinion is the county already this and that this (charge) is redundant.”….

 

Farming county land

BELVIDERE – The Boone County Board has concurred with a recommendation from the roads and capital improvements committee to bid out 68 acres of county farmland for the 2015 crop year.

The 10-0 vote, with one abstention, came at the board’s July 17 meeting.

Gerald Hulstedt currently is renting the land, off Illinois 76, for $250 an acre. He has been renting that property for 53 years, county board Chairman Bob Walberg said.

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Boone County child first case of swine flu in Illinois this year - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

The Illinois Department of Public Health announced the case of H3N2v influenza virus Thursday. The child has mild symptoms and had contact with swine at the DuPage County Fair in late July.

The virus is typically transmitted from swine to humans. Health officials are urging the public to avoid contact with pigs and to wash hands frequently before and after exposure to animals.

The new flu's severity has been compared to regular seasonal flu. It's also been reported in Indiana and Ohio this year.
Read more: http://www.rrstar.com/news/x1533291358/Boone-County-child-first-case-of-swine-flu-in-Illinois-this-year#ixzz2akZMzqr0