Following the Friday night storm the Geary County landfill was opened Saturday night for people to bring tree and brush debris. According to County Public Works Director Corey Trumpp 320 truck loads were brought to the Landfill on Saturday and another 254 loads on Sunday or 574 for the weekend.
The Landfill will be opened again this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be closed on Sunday and will reopen for regular operational hours on Monday.
The county commission has authorized overtime pay for public works employees for their storm related work ranging from debris removal to road repairs.
Trumpp also noted that the radios used by Public Works did not work well in the storm and they had to revert to using cell phones. He wants to upgrade the radio system used by Public Works and to target putting that department on the 800 megahertz radio system used by emergency personnel. Commission Chair Trish Giordano expressed general agreement with Trumpp's comments.