The City of Danville is looking to place a solar energy system on part of a former land fill site. The city council Tuesday will vote on a Special Use Permit to allow for a
Large-Scale Ground Solar Energy System on the property on the old city landfill site along Highland Boulevard and Greenwood Cemetery Road. The Zoning commission already approved the idea.
The company TotalEnergies’ plan would take up about 32 of the 56 acres in the site.
The oddity is that since the City of Danville owns the land, it will have to petition for the change. So the city council will be voting whether to approve the plan for the land. It is felt that solar panels on the site is about the only use available for the former landfill.
The Danville City Council this week will appoint Dave Ruwe as Director of Public Works. Ruwe’s appointment will be a switch of jobs with long time Director Carl Carpenter. Carpenter had planned to retire and was training Ruwe. But Carpenter decided against retirement. So Carpenter will become Operations Administrator, which is Ruwe’s present job. The salaries involved also will flip with the job changes.
The Danville City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City hall.
