For God’s Sake, Answer The Landfill Question

Three weeks have gone by since council asked for an answer and city staff cannot produce a figure on how long the Trail Road Landfill has the capacity to handle Ottawa’s garbage.

Instead they give a long list of inaccurate previous calculations in the report below. Ottawans have an issue in front of them concerning the future of refuse pick-up in this town. A decision means spending hundreds of million of dollars. Surely with three weeks to answer a question, city staff could find an answer or at least an intelligent estimate. But apparently not.

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This report says nothing. Nothing. Ottawans are basing an answer on an important issue with no guidance from staff. We need an answer now. Now. Not next year. Now.

If city staff can’t give council and the public good information on an important issue, maybe it’s time to change some bottoms in chairs. Or maybe staff doesn’t want the public to know the real issue and the real information.

City staff has handled the tag-a-bag issue like a sack of crap. Mayor Mark Sutcliffe has looked positively amateurish. This is leadership? Now this.

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We don’t pay these people to not know. We pay them to know. And we need an answer now. If city staff can’t do that, maybe it’s time to get new city staff. From the looks of numerous city actions, these dogs can’t hunt.

One thing certain, Trail Road would fill up much faster if all reports were like this garbage below.

Ken Gray

Landfill Lifespan Calculation_EN

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