Paul Mulholland from WSP and Greg Taras from UEM conducted a PowerPoint presentation on a capital needs assessment project lead by Tauhid Khan (also in attendance) from the City's Capital Assets group. The project looks at potential options once the Fenelon and Laxton Landfill reach capacity in approximately 2024. The main items which were discussed in the presentation were changes to the configuration and upgrades to the sawtooth area as well as additional scales at Lindsay Ops to reduce traffic congestion. The option of using the Fenelon and Laxton landfill sites as transfer stations once they reach capacity will also be explored further.
The committee discussed the presentation and asked questions including whether staff will provide their recommendations, whether the PRC would see the final report before it goes to council, if the cost of new scales was included within the pricing of each of the other options, and whether the transition of the blue box to producer responsibility or organics legislation was taken into consideration.