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The two Republican county commissioners who will be on the fall ballot for four-year terms split on their assessment of the Phillippie landfill: chairman Kelly Allen voted with the majority to approve the permit; vice chairman Steve Carter cast the lone dissenting vote. <\/p>\n
Alamance County\u2019s commissioners voted 4-to-1 to approve an intent to construct permit for the new Phillippie landfill at 4115 Clapp Mill Road Monday night, capping a controversial debate over the past several months.<\/p>\n
The commissioners reached this split verdict after an attorney for the applicant was given 15 minutes to make his case followed by a 15-minute presentation from an opposing attorney.<\/p>\n
The opposition\u2019s arguments against the permit\u2019s approval included a much-disputed claim that the landfill\u2019s internal access road should be considered part of the \u201coperational area\u201d and therefore subject to a 150 setback requirement that applies to the landfill\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n
County staff had argued that applying this setback to the internal access road would effectively prevent it from connecting to the nearest state highway.<\/p>\n
The staff\u2019s interpretation ultimately won over commissioner Pam Thompson, who made the motion to approve the proposed permit; Sam Powell, who seconded her motion; Ed Priola; and the board\u2019s chairman Kelly Allen.<\/p>\n
Vice chairman Steve Carter cast the lone vote of dissent, noting his general frustration with the applicable ordinance.\u00a0 \u00a0 Read more later this week in the April 23 edition of The Alamance News.<\/p>\n