At their regular monthly meeting in May, the DeWitt County Board was presented with a proposed ordinance regarding the Clinton Landfill.

Speaking on behalf of the Mahomet Valley Water Authority, Doug Graves highlighted a few of the points in the seven page document. Graves feels there needs to be an inspection process that is unaffiliated with the entities the DeWitt County Board, MVWA, or the Clinton Landfill.

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The proposed ordinance calls for an inspection on a daily basis and all hours the landfill is open. Graves says the person inspecting also must be qualified.

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Graves says the goal of the proposed ordinance is to keep the water source safe and show that the Clinton Landfills operations are within the legal limits. He feels the future water supply of the generations to come needs to be considered.

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There was no response or questions asked by Board members.

The Land Use Committee of the DeWitt County Board has been investigating hiring a landfill inspector.

The ordinance calls for the landfill to provide the funds for the proposed inspector or firm.

The County Board has to authorize the hiring of any inspector of the landfill.