NEWBURYPORT — Mayor John Moak has called a special City Council meeting for Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m. to update councilors on the closing of the Crow Lane landfill.
Moak said yesterday he called the meeting after the council's ad-hoc committee on the landfill asked for an update on the closure and the state of the berm.
Representatives from the Department of Environmental Protection will be present at the meeting as well.
The meeting, to be held in the City Hall Council Chambers, is slated to last an hour, the mayor said.
At-large City Councilor Kathleen O'Connor Ives said she and Ward 4 Councilor Ed Cameron had approached the mayor and asked for the meeting.
The meeting is important for the neighbors of the landfill to hear directly about the closure and how DEP will respond to odor problems, as well as what will happen after the process is complete, Ives said.
Ives said she hopes health director Jack Morris will also be at the meeting. Morris has taken a regional health director position with Amesbury and Salisbury but will continue to work part time in Newburyport until a replacement is found.
"The project is still ongoing," Ives said.
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