Proposed Waste Management Ordinance

We oppose the proposed closing of SR592 Tesuque waste disposal station.

Please keep the Tesuque Transfer Station open! The benefits of it keeping it open far outweigh the costs.

Please keep this essential service to the community open!

limited access and narrow roads will stop traffic on trash days. There is only one way in and one way out on many of our county roads. many roads are private in the county and will not be serviced by county trash pick up. Keeping the Tesuque Transfer Station and other stations in the county is the smart choice.

The transfer station is vital to keep trash from being dumped along the roads, is the county going to pick that up, they don't do it now!

This is an example of government expanding its role without the approval of taxpayers

Do not close our trash transfer stations.

Please don't close the Tesuque Village transfer station. Support our community. The transfer station is a vital service.

Curb side pickup is a terrible idea. It is inefficient in a rural situation, and undesirable for the home owner that must take the trash down long, uneven driveways when it is icy, it damages the dirt roads (which are already in poor condition) is noisy and attracts wild animals. Please do not close the Tesuque Village Transfer Station.

This possible plan of closing the Tesuque Transfer station is not a wise decision on the part of the county commissioners board. It would cause speculation that the board or members of the board have been lobbied by a for-profit company that will benefit from this move and cost more for community homeowners. And, decrease our confidence in the use of property tax money. It would also indicate that there might be a quid pro quo or kickback for the board or individual members who may be related or remotely related to the company who would eventually be contracted to offer trash pick up services. This issue of who is behind this proposal and the costs and implementation must be addressed in the June 30th meeting.

The Tesuque transfer station is an essential service. It is amazing that County Commissioners want to claim that it is not. They are raising our taxes and cutting back on services. In our area we get a lot less for our taxes than other parts of the County.

Additional reason to maintain the Tesuque Transfer station: the use of trucks to haul curbside waste will seriously degrade the quality of dirt roads, which are already subject to erosion, washboarding, etc.

The trash cans will be a big attractor for wild animals and loose dogs. Right now we keep our trash locked up until we drive it to the recycling center. No mess, no cans on the street, no noisy trucks. It is a good way of doing things in this rural neighborhood. Please keep our local transfer station open and Waste Management out of our neighborhood.

Send the County Commissioers out to Chupadero and Rio en Medio to see how impractical curbside pick-up would be.

Tesuque Transfer station is an essential county service to our residents.

This change is ill thought out and a very bad idea. We have bears and even occasionally feral dogs that will strew trash over the landscape if trash containers on the street are instituted.

It would be a real loss and major problem for local residents if the Tesuque station were to be closed. Please keep it open.

Please do not close the Tesuque Transfer Station. I think it very unwise to suggest curbside trash pickup from a health and safety perspective.

This plan is false economy. The service of the Tesuque Transfer Station is essential to our community in Vista Redonda. Do not close this important venue.

The transfer station has worked very well for a long time - please don't ruin a good thing and make more problems. The recycling and trash disposal convenience is really important in this area, without the transfer station more trash will inevitably be dumped in arroyos.