Interlocal Solid Waste Authority

Trash pickup proposal delayed as board reviews past actions (05/13/12)
The county's solid waste authority deferred a request from a couple wanting to start a trash collection service in the Unionville community so that members can reexamine their past actions. Amy and Craig Hand made the request Thursday to start the service, which would involve about 20 households. They explained that many residents only own cars, not trucks, and didn't want to put the trash into their vehicles...

County closer to ISWA membership (04/17/12)
Another step has been taken in getting Bedford County into the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority, but it will be a few more months until the deal is final. Highway Superintendent Stanley Smotherman told the county's solid waste authority that the ISWA met in Fayetteville Wednesday night and that "loose ends" were beginning to be dealt with in the process of getting Bedford and Moore counties into the organization...

Household hazardous waste event planned (04/12/12)
Hazardous waste can be disposed of Saturday, April 21 at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection event at Big Springs Shopping Center from 8 a.m. until noon. The event is sponsored by the county's solid waste authority and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. City and county residents may participate, but no waste will be accepted from a school, commercial business or agri-business...

Landfill 'sale' just a transfer (03/23/12)
The site of the closed Quail Hollow Landfill near Raus appeared in local real estate listings to have been sold last week, catching the attention of neighboring residents, but in fact it was just an internal transfer from one division of Waste Management Inc. to another...

County could join ISWA soon (03/13/12)
Officials hope to learn soon if Bedford County has been approved to join the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority (ISWA). Highway Superintendent Stanley Smotherman told the county's solid waste authority that a meeting is to be held in Fayetteville on Wednesday, and that he hopes to find out what the status of Bedford and Moore Counties is in joining ISWA...

Waste group membership moves closer (01/17/12)
Bedford County is "closer" to joining the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority (ISWA), the county mayor informed the local waste board. The county has been working towards joining the ISWA since the first of last year, after the Cedar Ridge Landfill in Marshall County was closed in January, leaving the county no place to haul its garbage...

Central recycling site proposed for county (12/11/11)
A recycling center has been proposed for a central location in Shelbyville to make it more accessible to county residents. Solid Waste Coordinator Gay Ervin reported at Thursday's Solid Waste Authority meeting she has spoken to Shelbyville Mayor Wallace Cartwright about the proposal. He expressed interest, Ervin said, but wasn't certain where such a facility could be placed...

Central recycling location proposed (11/13/11)
Bedford County's solid waste authority wants to ask the city of Shelbyville about a possible central location for recycling. Highway Superintendant Stanley Smotherman told the authority that the amount of garbage going to the Middle Point landfill in Rutherford County was lower than normal, which he attributed to more residents participating in recycling...

Darker side of bright fall leaves: Where they go (11/10/11)
Those bright colors that everyone loves to see in the trees are starting to hit the ground, meaning that it's time to break out the lawn tools. But getting rid of all of that foliage falls to the public works department, which is trying to find better and cheaper ways of getting rid of Shelbyville's leaves...

City adds nearly $70K of rail work (10/06/11)
The city got "very good news" in regards to an ongoing rail spur project, resulting in nearly $70,000 worth of additional needed work at no cost to Shelbyville. Last February, the council applied for a grant from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development for funding a part of the costs of the construction of a rail spur line to the former DESA Industries building on Eagle Boulevard, which is now occupied by Gold River Feed...

County awaits entry into ISWA (09/13/11)
Progress is moving forward on getting Bedford County into the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority, with other counties looking to join the organization, the county's waste authority was told. Highway superintendant Stanley Smotherman and county mayor Eugene Ray recently traveled to Columbia to meet with Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation officials, as well as commissioners from several regional counties...

SHA to add six additional housing units (07/24/11)
Two grants totalling $562,328 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have been awarded to the Shelbyville Housing Authority to be used to build apartments for the elderly. SHA executive director Herschel Thrasher stated Thursday that the money is to be used to construct the six elderly-only apartments at the corner of South Jefferson and Dunnaway streets, next to the East Side apartment complex...

City tax hike proposed (06/08/11)
With members calling it the simplest and smoothest budget meeting they ever had, Shelbyville city council was presented with the first draft of a budget containing a 26-cent property tax increase. But the actual amount of the hike won't be known until later this month, after a new certified tax rate is determined. The new rate will help fund a $12.4 million budget...

SWA ready to talk recycling with council (04/19/11)
The county's solid waste authority says they will be happy to discuss recycling with Shelbyville, following comments by city council members about the topic. In two recent study sessions, members of the Shelbyville city council have spoken about becoming more efficient at reducing costs by utilizing recycling...

Tire fees rise (04/17/11)
Starting May 1, a disposal fee of $2 per tire will be charged to offset rising costs at the county's tire disposal facility, the county's solid waste authority decided Thursday. Jason McGee, office manager for the facility, reported to the authority that the highway department had spent $40,866.89 in excess of the $28,400 state tire grant they received in fiscal year 2009-2010...

City agrees to 1 ISWA region seat (04/15/11)
The council passed a resolution to allow a person selected by the county mayor to jointly represent both the city and county on the newly reconfigured Municipal Solid Waste Planning Region Board. On Wednesday night, the county commission approved resolutions to enter the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority...

Area agency will oversee county waste (04/14/11)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners approved resolutions Tuesday night for the county to enter the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority. If ISWA, as expected, approves Bedford County for membership, and the state approves the change, Bedford County Solid Waste Authority will cease to exist and ISWA will have authority over the county's waste disposal and recycling programs...

Cleaner city to spring forth (04/13/11)
With the frigid weather mostly behind us, it's time to get rid of all the junk that has been piling up over the last few months. Shelbyville's public works department is getting ready to help you in that regard with its Spring Clean-up, set for next week, April 18 - 21...

Recycling urged for city trash (04/07/11)
While the subject of trash may have been put on the back burner for the city council, recycling is an idea that has stuck around. Councilman Jamie Williams said Tuesday he would like to set up a committee of private individuals to look at recycling and make recommendations to the council...

County expected to name ISWA member (04/06/11)
Shelbyville's city council was asked Tuesday to allow the county to appoint a single representative to the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority's Regional Planning Board by giving up their seat. Lynn Wampler spoke to the council about the complicated issues involved with the ISWA and said it was vital that Shelbyville allow the county to represent the city on the regional planning board...

County allowed 1 seat on waste board (03/18/11)
Bedford County will have only one seat on the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority board, even though the counties which founded ISWA have two seats apiece, according to resolutions recommended Tuesday night by Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee...

Blaze takes two homes (VIDEO ADDED) (02/12/11)
An emergency call turned out to be just the beginning of an emergency for a Shelbyville woman whose home burned Thursday afternoon. "I got an emergency phone call and left," Mary Mack, of 303 Regent Drive, said. "I was thawing some chicken to cook and when I got that phone call I rushed out and when I got back all I saw was cars and cops."...

First vote on trash cut tonight (02/10/11)
What will the council do tonight? That might be the question on many citizens' minds as Shelbyville's leaders will consider the first reading of an ordinance to do away with municipal garbage service. The meeting is set to begin at 6 p.m. in the courtroom at the city's police department...

Waste destination found (12/15/10)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners' vote Tuesday night to join the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority was prompted by a looming deadline and few options, but officials say it may turn out to be a good decision for the county. Cedar Ridge Landfill in Marshall County, where Bedford County Solid Waste Authority had been taking its trash, is closing at the end of the year, and the options for replacing it were few and expensive...

Deadline nears for trash decision (12/12/10)
With no place for the county's trash to go after the first of the year, the county's solid waste authority is recommending to the county commission that they ask to join the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority. Approval was given on Wednesday by the ISWA that both Bedford and Moore County would be allowed to join the group, which could bring a considerable savings to the county in the cost of trash disposal...

State agency says water service can't be cut over trash fee (12/02/10)
Another legal opinion from the state's Municipal Technical Advisory Service states that Shelbyville residents who refuse to pay a proposed $11 monthly trash fee would not have their water service cut off after all. And this news has caused city council members to ask for "all the facts" before presenting the topic to the public again...

City may let county use transfer station (12/02/10)
Shelbyville and Bedford County may be joining forces soon to combat the problem of where to dump rural trash. The county learned last week that Cedar Ridge Landfill in neighboring Marshall County is closing temporarily due to a delay in its appeal to the state for permission to expand, but also because space is running out for more garbage at the site...

County must find new disposal site - fast (11/28/10)
Bedford County has until the first of 2011 to find a new place to dump their trash. Cedar Ridge Landfill in Marshall County is closing temporarily due to a delay in its appeal for permission to expand, and also because space is running out for more garbage...

New council will take on old issues (11/21/10)
When the two newest members of Shelbyville's city council take their seats next month, they will be facing the same problems that has dominated their discussions over the past year -- the budget. The general election earlier this month saw council incumbents Lee Roy Cunningham and Al Stephenson defeated by James "Jamie" Williams and Sam Meek...

City trash fee delayed (11/18/10)
The controversial ordinance that would enact a monthly $11 trash fee for Shelbyville residents will have to be completely rewritten and would likely not be passed until next spring. Meanwhile, the city is trying to save money by not filling vacant job positions throughout Shelbyville's various departments...

Landfill issue may cause county trash disposal problems (11/14/10)
Members of the county's solid waste authority are wondering where the county's trash will go if the Cedar Ridge landfill is not allowed to expand. Highway Superintendent Stanley Smotherman told authority members Thursday that a hearing has been set for Dec. 7 in Nashville where Waste Management Inc., which runs the landfill in neighboring Marshall County, will appeal state Environment Commissioner Jim Fyke's refusal to permit trash to be dumped on a sinkhole on the site...

Ignore trash fee, lose city water (11/09/10)
A legal opinion from the state's Municipal Technical Advisory Service says that residents who refuse to pay a proposed $11 monthly trash fee could have their water service cut off. Shelbyville's city council put off the third and final reading of the controversial fee last week after they were told there were "too many unanswered questions" about the ordinance...

Quail Hollow to close soon (10/17/10)
The Quail Hollow landfill in southern Bedford County, inactive for years, should be officially closed by mid-December, members of the Solid Waste Authority were told Thursday. Member Bill Lewis said that the site is to be covered with clay, dirt and then sodded with grass. ...

Yard filled with junk? It's Fall Clean-Up time (10/13/10)
It's fall once again, and that means it's time to get rid of all the junk that's been piling up around your property and garage. Next week, the city's public works department will be lending a hand to help you haul away all that stuff when they hold their annual Fall Clean-up...

Appertain denies service cutback claim (09/21/10)
Appertain Corp., which is currently handing removal of livestock carcasses in Bedford and other nearby counties, said it has tried to expand its service and denied a claim by County Mayor Eugene Ray last week that the company tried to back out of its contract...

Annual anti-litter grant given to county (08/26/10)
Bedford County has received $34,221 in grant money as part of an effort to stop litter across Tennessee. The funding is part of $3,862,515 in litter grant funds that was given to all 95 counties, according to a press release from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT)...

SHA units will be upgraded (07/08/10)
The Shelbyville Housing Authority has been awarded $649,508 by the department of Housing and Urban Development, some $27,000 more than they anticipated. The funding is to be used for making "major capital improvements" to public housing units and SHA director Hershel Thrasher said Wednesday that allocation of the funding could begin as early as this fall...

Trash fee leads to confusion (07/02/10)
Shelbyville officials say that the new $11 per month garbage fee approved Tuesday is required due to a federal accounting regulation. City manager Michael Dill says he has been receiving calls from citizens asking questions about the fee, which was approved 4-2 by the city council earlier this week...

Proposed waste fee on council agenda (06/25/10)
Shelbyville's city council will hold a special called meeting Tuesday evening to approve this year's budget and to look at possibly implementing a solid waste fee. A public hearing is set on the budget ordinance for the special called meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m., and there are reportedly no plans to increase the tax rate...

Suggestion of facility's reopening has concerned county officials (05/26/10)
Despite concerns about the possible reopening of the Quail Hollow Landfill, the company that owns the facility has informed the state's environmental agency of their intention to close it. Nearly two weeks ago, Bedford County's Solid Waste Committee voted to draft a letter that could be sent to state officials about concerns over the landfill near Raus being reopened if the Cedar Ridge Landfill in nearby Marshall County is closed...

SWA urged to buy garbage truck (04/14/10)
The county's solid waste authority has been told that a new garbage truck will be needed soon. Highway superintendent Stanley Smotherman said Thursday that there are currently 500,000 miles on the 1994 model and that the county has no backup truck to replace it...

Paint recycling facility to open in spring (02/17/10)
Residents of Bedford County will be able to start recycling their latex paint later this spring, when a facility will be opened to the public. Solid Waste Coordinator Gay Ervin told the Solid Waste Authority Thursday that everything has been worked out with Shelbyville public works director Mark Clanton, who highway superintendant Stanley Smotherman said went "above and beyond to help the county."...

Scrap dealer must pay county $12.4K (01/19/10)
Bedford County's solid waste authority has been awarded judgment against a scrap metal dealer that owed money. A letter from attorney M. Wyatt Burk informed the authority that judgment was received against Southeast Recovery Group and Robert Madeo in an amount of $12,479.64, plus $150 in court costs...

City cleanup planned (10/06/09)
Have you got junk piling up around the house, garage or shop and need to get rid of it? If so, you should set aside some time and get that stuff to the street for Shelbyville's fall clean-up, scheduled for Oct. 19-22. Trucks will be coming by on your regular garbage pick-up day to haul off just about anything you'd like to dispose of, with the exception of household hazardous waste...

Committee members challenged to give up compensation (09/17/09)
A member of the county's solid waste authority is once again challenging other committees to forgo the monthly payments they receive for attending meetings. Several months ago, member Bill Lewis made the suggestion that the authority stop accepting the $50 per month they receive for attending meetings to help out the county with its tight financial situation...

Planners address church, cycles, waste treatment (04/25/08)
A new church building, a motorcycle dealership and an improved treatment plant for Tyson were some of the items addressed by the Shelbyville Planning Commission Thursday. A public hearing was held concerning Shelbyville's new subdivision regulations before the commission meeting began. No one spoke about the new rules and the commission approved the regulations after that...

Tyson says it has corrected sewage issue (03/27/08)
Problems with Tyson Foods' sewage treatment facility at its chicken processing plant in Shelbyville have been corrected, according to company officials. Last Feburary, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) issued a notice of violation to Tyson Foods' environmental office in Shelbyville, stating that the plant's sewage treatment facility discharged effluent into the Duck River with levels of ammonia greater than allowed by the plant's permit...

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