22-04-2025
Springfield City Council approves expansion of Noble Hill Sanitary Landfill
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The future of the Springfield Noble Hill Sanitary Landfill is being discussed at Monday's city council meeting, with the council approving the expansion of the quickly filling property.
The $35,000,000 special obligation bond will be used to expand and improve the landfill's disposal areas as well as the associated environmental management systems.
This year, the city announced the expansion is necessary because the landfill space, which was created in 2019, was meant to last 100 years and is already halfway full.
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On top of approving the bond, the city council voted to accept a contractor bid for the project.
Choosing between four different contractors, the council decided to accept the bid of Greene County-based contractor Emery Sapp and Sons Incorporated, in the amount of nearly $24 million, the least expensive of the bids.
Even though he wasn't sworn in until after the expansion bond was approved, Mayor Jeff Schrag says the landfill's future is important to the entire Springfield community.
'That's something you have to keep in the back of your mind,' said Schrag. 'It's one of those forgotten pieces of infrastructure that you just have to discipline yourself to remember, and so it's great that it's on the agenda the first time I'm here as mayor tonight, just to remind us all that we've got to keep the landfill in our minds as we look at all the infrastructure needs of the city.'
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