County residents will have a chance to testify before the County Council on Wednesday at 9 a.m. concerning the request for funding to issue an R.F.P. for a multi-year contract (Res. 312-10) to move the Kealakehe green waste processing site up north to Puuanahulu. We have been told that although the Kealakehe site will not be closed, that the days of operation to drop off green waste will be reduced and that no specific commitment as to how often it will be open can be made without knowing what funding will be available in the future-- Catch 22.
This is not just a Kona issue. The laudable objective of eliminating green waste in the landfills and providing a more adequate facility than Kealakehe will require trucking green waste from all the transfer sites to Hilo or Puuanahulu. All transfer station green waste drop off points, like Kealakehe, will have services reduced unless funding is found or fees charged to keep them open on a more frequent basis. Services could be reduced to as little as once every two weeks.
Although the meeting will be in Hilo, Kona and Waimea area residents can provide testimony at their local council offices through video conferencing. I hope some of you will show up to testify or to learn more about what is going on. If you can't, you can send in testimony to the council regarding resolution 312-10 to: counciltestimony-at-co.hawaii.hi.us
submitted by Cheryl King
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