Brazos County commission holds a public hearing on a proposed designation of the county's only landfill site

This podcast contains comments from a March 4, 2025 Brazos County commission public hearing.Brazos County commissioners hold a public hearing on a proposed ordinance that would declare county owned land near Millican as the only place where a landfill could be located. County judge Duane Peters repeated that the intent of the ordinance is to prevent a private landfill to be built anywhere else without anyone's knowledge.That was confirmed by an attorney hired by the commission. Eric McGee says he knows of at least 50 other counties that have taken the same action. There were four public speakers, all from the Millican area. One was in support, two had questions, and one was concerned their property values would drop as the result of the designation.Commissioners plan to take a vote on the proposed ordinance next Tuesday (March 11).