Board discusses appeal of landfill growth

By BARB LIMBACHER
The Times-Reporter

BOLIVAR - No action was taken regarding an appeal of expansion at Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility after a 50-minute executive session by the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint solid Waste Management District board of directors.

After Friday’s meeting, Kerry Metzger, board chairman and a Tuscarawas County commissioner, said no decision was made whether to appeal the June 27 decision by the Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission to grant the 170-acre expansion at the landfill in Pike Township of Stark County.

“Legal counsel basically just gave us information and if we have a basis for appeal,”Metzger said, “It was not fair to make a decision before reviewing the information....Read more.