Waste Transfer Station Site Application Fails to Pass Fayette County Board Vote

A site application for a proposed waste transfer station in the county was not approved by the Fayette County Board on Tuesday night, after first criteria not approved. After a possible vote was tabled during the September meeting, the board took up the issue for their October meeting. It was relayed that the State’s Attorney had advised them that the board would need to vote on each of the 9 site criteria from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency individually using a roll call vote and that if just one criteria was not approved by the county board, then the site application would fail to be passed. Fayette County Board Chairwoman Jenny Waggoner then read the first criteria which states “the facility is necessary to accommodate the waste needs of the area it is intended to serve.” By roll call vote, the motion failed with 6 “no” votes, 4 “yes” and four board members abstaining from the vote. Board members Glenn Gurtner, Jake Harris, Doug Knebel, Mack Payne, Ashley Towler and Deb Warner all cast “no” votes on the measure. Jenny Waggoner, James Wehrle, Keith Cole and Merrell Collins all cast “yes” votes on the measure and board members Glenda Bartels, John Cearlock, Matt Hall and Joe Wills abstained from the vote. With the first criteria not receiving board approval, no other criteria needed to be voted on as the site application is not approved by the county board.