TimCartmell

In 2018, the High Solids Anaerobic Digestion Facility (HSADF) which is the part of Edmonton's Waste Management Centre was built to process organics. At the time it was built and opened the HSADF cost taxpayers about $45 million. A special report presented to the city’s utility committee on Tuesday found the HSADF facility is not financially or operationally viable and other options must be considered.

Years ago someone coined the term GIGO which is an acronym that stands for Garbage In = Garbage Out. Tuesday's report to the city’s utility committee on the High Solids Anaerobic Digestion Facility (HSADF) which the part of the acronym akin to Garbage In. Tim Cartmell, who chairs the utility committee expressed his frustration with the lack of information on net-present value number, capital costs number, operating costs and analysis on the system. In short, it is the part of the acronym akin to Garbage Out.

I admit that I'm a little skeptical about elected officials who talk about things that many people say just make "common sense". I appreciate what Tim Cartmell shared in the article below and hope Mayor Sohi and other council members would exhibit similar "common sense".

This story is very disturbing and makes me question for how many more things does the end justify the means and are done in secret? I think Edmonton voters should be concerned that only Councillors Sarah Hamilton, Tim Cartmell, Jennifer Rice and Karen Principe opposed the secret deal. What does this say about the integrity of the other Councillors?