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JOHNSTOWN A compliance report for Fulton County’s solid waste operation plan was recently submitted to the state, as the county looks to extend the plan for four more years.
County Solid Waste Director David Rhodes discussed the report and plan at a recent meeting of the Board of Supervisors’ Public Works Committee at the County Office Building.
Rhodes said that Fulton County’s Local Solid Waste Management Plan biennial compliance report was submitted to the state Department of Environmental Conservation on April 22.
He said that if approved by the state, it will extend the county’s plan to 2025.
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Perth Supervisor Greg Fagan, chairman of the Fulton County Board of Supervisors Public Works Committee, presides over a committee meeting Monday at the County Office Building in Johnstown. (The Leader-Herald/Michael Anich)
JOHNSTOWN Fulton County officials took action Monday on two issues involving demolition of properties in the city of Gloversville.
The Board of Supervisors’ Public Works Committee on Monday handled the matters at the County Office Building.
County Solid Waste Director David Rhodes brought before the committee a proposed resolution referring a home at 1 Oakland Ave., Gloversville, to the Fulton County Demolition Team to be razed per Operation Green Scene. The resolution passed, and was passed on to the full board for final action May 10.
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JOHNSTOWN Fulton County’s recycling revenue increased by $112,749 last year from the previous year partially due to an upswing in recycling markets, officials heard recently.
County Department of Solid Waste Director David Rhodes noted the figure during his review of his department’s 2020 annual report presented at the Board of Supervisors’ Public Works Committee meeting.
Rhodes said recycling revenue was up by $112,749 partly due to boosted recycling markets. The recycling market has been down in recent years. He said the jump is also due to an increase in the bulk metal quantities and price paid per ton. He said there was $75,524 more in bulk metal revenue than the previous year.
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JOHNSTOWN Fulton County government is moving forward with regular, normal in person staffing by the end of the week.
County Administrative Officer Jon Stead told the Board of Supervisors Monday that the COVID-19 plan for half the county employees work at home is concluding.
He said the county’s “workforce alternation plan” will be concluding by the end of this week. He called the COVID plan that the county implemented previously the “right decision.”
Stead said that for the past six weeks that the plan has been in place, “several shutdowns in departments” were probably averted.
In conjunction with the plan being lifted, Perth Supervisor Gregory Fagan said that collecting curbside recycling starting again next week was “very doable” for the county. The program was temporarily suspended because of a lack of drivers due to the COVID situation.