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Show County to Form Special District For Waste Conversion Plant By MARK D. MICKELSEN NORTH SALT LAKE Davis County officials are in the process of negotiating a contract for a $70,000,000 solid waste, steam conversion plant near Hill AFB, according to North Salt Lake Mayor Robert Palmquist. THE MAYOR said "it appears that the county is going ahead and forming a countywide special service ser-vice district" which will act as a vehicle for a $70,000,000 bond issue the funds targeted for construction con-struction of the conversion plant. He said there are several private companies, who, because of the long-term tax advantages, are interested in-terested in building the facility. OPERATION of the plant, Palmquist said, will cost residents no more than the operation of the Bay Area Refuse District (BARD). The mayor pinpointed some severe problems with the BARD, most notably a lack of planning for future land management. He also said there are a number of employees at the BARD operating expensive equipment equip-ment without much prior experience in handling the machines. COMPLETION of the resource recovery plant will assure additional future space for refuse dumping, whereas presently a majority of the county's landfill areas are nearly filled to capacity. Davis County currently takes in 400 tons of solid waste per day, the mayor said. He added that unless the conversion plant is built, the life of the BARD site will be limited to only another two years. SOME HAVE suggested buying additional land near the BARD site. However, much of the surrounding sur-rounding ground is located in the county's "wetlands" "wet-lands" district and is not available, nor recommended recom-mended for useage. Councilmembers remained quiet throughout Mayor Palmquist's introduction on the special service ser-vice district. None voiced any opposition to the plan. AND WHILE details of the changeover are sketchy, the mayor said county officials are actively engaged in negotiating a contract with interested parties. par-ties. He did not specify the names of those companies com-panies being considered. |