LEBEC, FRAZIER PARK and PINE MOUNTAIN CLUB, CA (Monday, March 23, 2020 at 10:55 a.m.)—According to Kern County Public Works Department, the Lebec Transfer site will be open for self-haul loads only, during these limited hours: Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 to 5, until further notice.
LEBEC, FRAZIER PARK and PINE MOUNTAIN CLUB, CA (Friday, March 20, 2020 at 4 p.m.)—Residents are calling to alert us that the transfer site gates are closed in Lebec. At this time the Kern County General Services Department has also called to cancel the toxic waste disposal day scheduled for next Saturday, March 28. An official statement about the situation has not yet been released. [UPDATE: PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ATTACHMENT BELOW, WITH OVERALL INFO on Kern County Public Service Department services.
Here’ is the landfill section:
- The Bena, Shafter, Taft, Tehachapi, Ridgecrest and Mojave Landfills will remain OPEN for normal Business hours. The Randsburg Bin Site also remains OPEN for normal operating hours.
- All Special Waste Facilities are temporarily closed.
- All Household Hazardous Waste Temporary Collection Events are POSTPONED.
Meanwhile, Pine Mountain Club’s General Manager Karin Shulman is reminding residents that they should be prepared to show their membership card to confirm their right to use the private PMCPOA transfer site. The information from PMCPOA is that they will not take household trash from other locations during this time.
There was some discussion about the need to separate trash. As PMCPOA residents are aware, they are expected to carefully separate their plastics, cardboard and glass recyclables themselves. Other household garbage is deposited into a compressor for landfill.
Here is the overarching look at County General Services determinations for this period:
For Immediate Release
Critical Services Update: Kern County Public Works
(Bakersfield, CA) – Following Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order N-33-20, asking for all individuals living in the State of California to stay home, except as needed to maintain continuity of critical operations, Kern County Public Works is making additional changes to its available services.
- The Kern County Public Services Building at 2700 “M” Street is closed to the Public.
- All Transfer Stations, the Boron Landfill, and Special Waste Facilities are temporarily closed.
- The Bena, Shafter, Taft, Tehachapi, Ridgecrest and Mojave Landfills will remain OPEN for normal Business hours. The Randsburg Bin Site also remains OPEN for normal operating hours.
- All Special Waste Facilities are temporarily closed.
- All Household Hazardous Waste Temporary Collection Events are POSTPONED.
- Road Maintenance will continue with available resources focused on keeping roads open and safe.
- Traffic Signals and signs will remain maintained and operational.
- Only Safety Related Road Construction and Waste Construction projects will continue.
- Kern Sanitation Authority sewer plants and collection systems are operating as normal. Please keep them that way by NOT flushing anything except Toilet Paper and human waste into the toilet. Hand wipes or other products should NEVER be flushed!
- The Permit Counter is closed to the public, but permits are still being issued electronically.
- Building Permit Application remains operational, with reduced staffing. Electronic plan submittal is recommended through our website.
- Building Inspection remains operational with alternative protocol.
- The County Surveyor’s Office and Map room is closed.
- Development Services will be operational, with reduced staffing, as needed.
- Engineering will continue, but will be slower due to reduced staffing.
- Transportation and Encroachment permits are still available electronically.
- Kern Regional Transit routes and services are still operating as normal, but riders are being asked to only use these services for accessing food, medicines, doctors or other critical needs.
- Code Compliance is closed to the public, but complaints can still be made through our website or by Email at CodeCompliance@kerncounty.com. Response times will be based on Health and Safety priorities only.
- Illegal Dumping and Homeless Cleanups are postponed.
- All Public Meetings have been postponed at this time.
- Community Cleanup events have been postponed until further notice.
- New Hiring will be on hold during the scheduled Crisis timeframe.
Due to the nature of this current crisis, information is changing quickly, and Kern County Public Works remains committed to providing updates in a timely manner.
Please be sure to check our Website, https://kernpublicworks.com/ and our Facebook Page @KernCountyPublicWorks for the most up to date information related to Public Works.
Visit the Public Health Services website, https://kernpublichealth.com/ for the most up to date information on the Covid-19 Crisis and for all other County Department information, visit https://www.kerncounty.com/.
Please be sure to check our Facebook Page @KernCountyPublicWorks and our Website, https://kernpublicworks.com/ , for the most up to date information related to Public Works.
Visit the Public Health Services website, https://kernpublichealth.com/ for the most up to date information on the Covid-19 Crisis.
For all other County Department information, visit https://www.kerncounty.com/.
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This is part of the March 20, 2020 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
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