The company wants to build a facility that would shred, disinfect and reduce the volume of medical waste it treats. Mr. Voelker wrote to Boone County Judge-executive Gary Moore asking fiscal court to consider the implications of the issue, even though fiscal court is not involved because no zone change is being sought. The area south of Florence on East Frogtown Road already zoned Industrial-1. But the company soon will go before the Board of Adjustments for a public hearing on a conditional-use permit. The company already has received a permit from Boone County Emergency Management.
Officials say Boone County is a good location because it's in a strategic area near major cities.
Major facilities are being built there because of its tremendous location. Boone County is growing because it's a logical place to put businesses. The citizen's group argues that importing waste from other cities and states is contrary to resolutions passed by Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties that adopted the Northern Kentucky Solid Waste Management Plan update. The joint resolutions set an agenda for implementing solid-waste reduction and management. Residents also are concerned about potential health hazards caused from contact with stray needles falling on the street or in parking lots.