Medina will limit brush dumping at compost facility to village residents only
DPW superintendent said many contractors, others outside Medina have ‘abused’ the site
Photos by Tom Rivers: Piles of brush are shown in the compost site for the Village of Medina on May 21. The village has since closed the gate to not allow any dumping, but soon will make it available to village residents only.
MEDINA – The Village of Medina expects to soon reopen its composting facility for brush dumping by village residents only.
The village Department of Public Works recently made any dumping off limits after the site was overwhelmed by people dumping brush, construction debris, old decks, fences and other materials.
“It’s been abused,” Jason Watts, the DPW superintendent, told the Village Board on Monday during their board meeting. “The contractors have been abusing the heck out of it. It’s supposed to be for village residents only but it brings people from all over Orleans County.”
The board decided it wants to keep the option available for village residents to dump brush, grass clippings and leaves only. The dumping area is by the former composting facility on North Gravel Road, just south of Boxwood Cemetery.
Medina will put a sign on a gate stating the dumping site is for village residents only. The dumping will be limited to brush, grass and leaves and it will only be available during DPW work hours from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from Monday through Friday.
Those wanted t dump at the site will need to get a key to the gate from the village office. The key will require a $50 refundable deposit and people will be charged $100 if they don’t return the key.
The Medina compost site has been overwhelmed with people from all over the county dumping brush, construction debris and other materials.
Watts said he wants to continue allow residents to use the site as a convenience to them. It also lightens the DPW load. The DPW picks up brush the first Monday each month.
The DPW has been burning the brush piles, but Watts acknowledged there have been complaints. Limiting the brush dumping to village residents should keep the brush piles to a manageable level.
Watts convinced the board to not open up the dumping to people outside the village and to any construction materials.
“If we open it up again to the way it was before it’ll just start all over again,” he said about the big piles of debris. “You could expect a trail of dump trailers.”
The compost site is expected to reopen to village residents once a sign is posted on the gate noting it’s for Medina residents only and the dumping is limited to brush, leaves and grass.
