About a dozen people came to the Pettis County Commissioner s Chambers at the Pettis County Courthouse, 415 S. Ohio, on Wednesday morning to speak with all three Commissioners about a proposed landfill in western Pettis County.
The meeting actually started at 9:24 a.m., with the arrival of Pettis County Prosecuting Attorney Phillip Sawyer, who was delayed by family obligations.
David Gerken, representing Pettis County First, spoke first, asking the Commissioners collectively, “are you with us or against us?”
Eastern Commissioner Baeza, much later in the meeting, said he “cannot support this landfill,” while Western Commissioner Jim Marcum said he did not like the location of the proposed landfill, between Dresden and La Monte, “but I still feel like we need one.” Marcum later pointed out that the land where the site is proposed (625 acres) was sold to the Pettis County Development Company.