Nelson County Government: April 19, 2007 Meeting Minutes

April 19, 2007 Meeting Minutes

Nelson County Bio-Solids Advisory Committee
April 19, 2007 - Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the second meeting of the Nelson County Bio-Solids Advisory Committee conducted on April 19, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. in the Boardroom located in the Nelson County Courthouse are as follows:

I.    Call to Order - The meeting was called to order by consensus of the committee members present, which included, Tom Eick (Nelson County Health Department), Tim Castillo (Nelson County Service Authority), Hughes Swain (Nelson County Farm Bureau), Phil Payne (Nelson County Attorney), Gary Scott (Citizen Representative and Chairman of Nelson Citizens Against Toxic Sludge), Peter Agelasto (Citizen Representative), Thomas Burnett, Jr. (Citizen Representative) and Steve Carter (County Administrator). Mr. Tommy Bruguiere (Chairman of the Nelson County Board of Supervisor and the Board’s committee representative) was absent due to personal business.

II.    Minutes of March 29, 2007 Meeting - The minutes of the committee’s meeting on March 29 were not formally considered.

III.     Draft Ordinance - The Committee members continued an overall discussion of completing a draft biosolids ordinance to be submitted to the Board of Supervisors for enactment consideration. The nearly two hour work session included discussion of legal issues regarding the extent of locally regulating the land application of biosolids, the costs of testing, the frequency of monitoring and testing, the extent of testing (i.e. can the local ordinance require testing beyond that required by state regulations), setbacks, reimbursement from state funding, enforcement, ordinances enacted by other local governments and use of a model ordinance previously developed by the Virginia Association of Counties (VACO).

IV.    Next Steps - The consensus (unanimous) of the committee was for Mr. Payne to continue working on a draft local ordinance, which would be circulated to committee members for review and comment.

V.    Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m. (approximate). There was unanimous agreement to afford Mr. Payne sufficient time for work on the draft ordinance. Therefore, scheduling of the next meeting was left open (i.e. it will be called).


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Stephen A. Carter, Acting Secretary