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LANDFILL: - COFFEY COUNTY LANDFILL

Location: 1498 12th Lane SE; Burlington, Kansas
Mailing Address:
    Coffey County Engineer
    110 S. 6th Street; Room 5
    Burlington, KS 66839
Phone: (620)364-2048 or 800-232-9423 / FAX 620-364-5192
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
            1st & 3rd Saturday of Month: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The Coffey County Sanitary Landfill, owned and operated by Coffey County, is approximately one mile northeast of Burlington. All solid waste is brought to the existing landfill from six incorporated communities by commercial haulers and from rural areas by individual residents. As of 1996, permitted area occupies approximately 40 acres, and receives approximately 15,000 cubic yards of waste per year.

In December 2001, Coffey County the new Coffey County Landfill was officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The first six cells of the new Landfill were completed at an estimated cost of $1,000,000 and has a life expectancy of more than forty years. Although this phase of the project is completed, this is an on-going project.

Ordinance 606 approves a special use to establish the following: limestone mining, crushing, stockpiling; temporary production of asphalt concrete; facilities for noxious weeds, household hazardous waste, recycling collection, waste tire monofill reduction and shredding, composting site; a solid waste management office, truck scales, scale house, groundwater monitoring wells, methane monitoring wells, lechate collection and treatment, storage of specialized Highway Department equipment and materials, and other used accessory to solid waste management operations in the I-2 Heavy Industrial District.

NOTE: Household Hazardous waste should be taken to the Coffey County Noxious Weed Department which is located next to the Coffey County Recycling Center. Tires: In 2004, Coffey County Landfill began charging a fee for tire disposal.

COFFEY COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL RATES K.D.H.E. Permit No. 297 Effective January 1, 2005 [Call 620-2048 for further information.]
All loads must be tarped or properly secured and all household waste, paper, and burned material must be bagged.
PASSENGER CAR	$ 2.50 per load
Solid Waste (In County)	$15.00 per ton ($5.00 minimum)
Solid Waste (Out of County)	$23.00 per ton ($7.50 minimum)
TIRES
Passenger Car Tires	$ 1.00 each
Passenger Car Tires on Rim	$ 2.00 each
Truck Tires	$ 5.00 each
Truck Tires on Rim	$10.00 each
Rear Tractor Tires	$15.00 each
Off-road Tires	$30.00 each
PERMITTED SPECIAL WASTE	[KDHE Permit Required]
55 Gallon Barrel	$15.00 each
5 Gallon Barrel	$ 6.25 each
IN County	$15.00 per ton [$5 minimum]
OUT of County	$23.00 per ton [$7.50 minimum]
CONSTRUCTION/DEMOLITION WASTE	Call: 620-364-2048
IN County	$12.50 per ton [$5 minimum]
OUT of County	$20.50 per ton [$7.50 minimum]

STREET DEPARTMENT:

Doug Mast, Street Superintendent
P.O. Box 207; 901 South 10th
Burlington, KS 66839

Phone: (620)364-2703/FAX: (620)364-2996
Email: burlstreets@mchsi.com

Burlington has a total of 515.5 blocks of streets totaling 42.95 miles. This does not include a new housing development, development of Commerce Park, or the three industrial parks. There are no natural streets, 57 rock streets, 312 chip & seal (cold mix) streets, 75 hot mix streets, and 16 concrete streets in the City. (See also: "City Departments/Services")

WATER/WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT

Dennis NoonanWater/Wastewater Superintendent
P.O. Box 207; 101 E. Miami St.; Burlington, KS 66839

Phone: (620)364-8332/FAX: (620)364-2996
Email: h2oburlington@mchsi.com

The City of Burlington not only supplies water to residents and business within the city limits, but also to Industrial Parks #1, #2, #3, and #4 just south of the city on U.S. Highway 75. The city also supplies water to Rural Water District No. 2, Rural Water District No. 3, the City of Gridley, the City of LeRoy, and the City of New Strawn.

Water Statistics
Supplier	City of Burlington
Source	Neosho River
Capacity of Water Plant:	1,500 gal per minute. 2.1 MGD
Average Consumption	600,000 gal/day
Peak Demand:	1,200,000 gal/day 1.2 MGD
Storage Capacity	450,000 gal

The sewage collection system for the City of Burlington has developed along with the expanding population to serve the residential and business activities. The system consists largely of 8" gravity lines, however, there are a few 10" and 12" mains in the critical areas. The main lift station, located near Second Street and St. Lawrence Street, pumps directly to the sewage treatment plant. There are seven smaller lift stations located throughout the City, one of which also pumps directly to the sewage treatment plant.
Sewer Lagoons - The City of Burlington has recently built new sewer lagoons on approximately 59.74 acres south of Burlington and east of Highway 75.

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COFFEY COUNTY RECYCLING CENTER
Telephone: (620)364-8409
Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday	7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Wednesdays	7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturdays (1st & 3rd Sat. of month)	8:00 a.m. to noon
Location: 1432 12th Lane SE - Go east on Neosho Street out of Burlington; follow the signs. The Recycling Center is about a quarter of a mile west of the Coffey County Landfill. For more information on the Recycling Center and on disposal of household hazardous waste, contact the Coffey County Noxious Weed Department.
CURBSIDE RECYCLING
CALL THE RECYCLING CENTER FOR INFORMATION

RECYCLING TRANSFER CENTER Metals and Metal Appliances
Telephone	620-364-2151 [Hosford's]
Hours	Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location	East of Burlington - CALL FOR PICKUP