VIDEO: Columbia City Manager De’Carlon Seewood has signed an emergency declaration for the impacts of severe weather that hit the city on Sunday, according to a Monday press release from the city.
“In addition, operation of the bioreactor landfill shall be temporarily suspended along with operation of the Bioenergy Plant until such time as repairs to such facilities occur to ensure efficient and safe operation of the plant,” the declaration reads. “Emergency clean-up operations shall commence at Cosmo Park and utility services restored in areas damaged by the severe weather event with the use of mutual aid as deemed necessary by the applicable department head.”
City facilities and infrastructure were damaged, causing power outages and service disruptions, the release says. The city’s recycling program is indefinitely suspended, the city said on Sunday, after its recycling facility was severely destroyed in the storm.
