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in one piece, he contended. “If somebody’s going to cut it up, let somebody other than the county cut it up.”
Col. Bingham didn’t disagree with selling the 99 acres as a single parcel, but he maintained that “to get top dollar, we almost have to guarantee the developer can do something with it” by giving prior approval to its division into five-acre lots.
“I’d rather cut my arm off than do something like that!” Mr. Gilkey insisted. “That will never happen, not as long as I’m chairman.”
“I don’t think we’re going to find a better landfill site than we’ve got now,” said Mr. Estes.
Mr. Gilkey acknowledged the rock poses a problem but added the consulting engineer seems to have found a solution. “If the state goes along with it, I don’t see where we’ve lost anything,” he said, pointing out that the redesign would give at least the same capacity as the original and maybe even longer with the overall grade of 3:1 and an elevation 20 feet higher than originally planned.
By consensus, the board authorized Mr. Joyce to meet with staff of
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