Town of Washburn
Plan Commission Special Meeting
Date &Time: 3:30 P.M., Sunday, October 16, 2022
Location: Closed Landfill Gate (S. Maple Hill Rd. west of W. Maple Hill Rd.)

1. Call meeting to order and verify legal notification.
2. Community field visit to Closed Landfill.

• Observe the layout of the landfill site and area soils.
• Learn landfill operational history 1974 – 1990.
• Learn of the purposes of clay cap, topsoil cover, drainage ways, and vegetative cover.
• Learn how leachate from waste affects groundwater.
• Observe the groundwater well monitoring network.
• Learn the difference between groundwater flow direction and surface water runoff.
• Observe changes in landfill cap topography 1990 – 2022.
• Understand the perpetual public responsibility to minimize community exposure to toxic materials buried with municipal waste.
• Opportunity for the commission to solicit community questions and concerns about the closed landfill.

3. Adjournment

Submitted by:

Kenneth Bro, Chair
Town of Washburn Plan Commission
|75411 Church Corner Rd.
Washburn, WI 54891
Cell: 715-292-0034

E-mail: kbro1151@gmail.com