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THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1990
Abbyland, AMPI waste monitoring almost complete
One more month of measuring waste discharges at the Abbyland and AMPI plants will give Abbotsford aldermen the data they need to revise sewer fees for the two industries.
The effluent from the Abbyland cattle slaughtering operation and the AMPI cheese and whey processing plant has been monitored with sophisticated equipment for the past year.
The council wants to know if the industries are generating levels of material comparable to what they estimated several years ago when the new treatment plant was built. Preliminary data suggests some effluent materials are high.
The issue was up for discussion at the Street, Sewer and Water Committee meeting when Tim Graff visited from Abbyland to relay concern about that industry’s higher water and sewer bills in 1990. After going through 1988 and 1989 with quarterly bills in the $3,000 to $4,000 range, Abbyland has paid over $7,000 for each of the last two billing periods in 1990.
Graff asked if the city is billing the industry for sewage on the amount of water that goes through its meter, and noted that about 18,000 gallons of waste material is trucked from the plant every day to be land spread.
DPW Supt. Don Kieser explained Abbyland’s water billings have increased substantially since a malfunctioning bypass valve was discovered in the plant’s water meter.
THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1970
Abbotsford drops tax
The Abbotsford city council at a budget hearing and special meeting Wednesday night, Nov. 18, adopted a budget that is $5,000 lower than that proposed, and set dump restrictions, including requirements for a permit and two days a week dumping. The budget as passed sets expenditures $125,000, and the local tax levy at $75,000. This is $5,000 lower on both counts than the budget that was proposed by the council at the regular November meeting and the same as last year.
In addition to this, the vocational school tax levy is $13,790.91.
The reduction was made by dropping $5,000 from the amount proposed for new street projects, setting the figure at $20,000.
Considerable discussion was held on dump operation, and a set of regulations presented by the dump committee.
The regulations, as adopted on a 6-1 vote, are: Hours are two days a week, Tuesdays from 12 noon to 8 p.m., and Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Permits in the form of car stickers, which will be sold at $1 per household.
Attendant on duty during all opening hours, with the power of arrest for violators.
Use of limited designated areas for dumping.
Availability of keys on a limited basis for business with perishable garbage.
Much of the discussion regarded requiring permit and stickers for car windows for all city residents.
