Battery thefts reported at transfer station

The Delano Transfer Station will submit an insurance claim to try to recoup some of the costs of recent thefts of batteries from its equipment, the Regional Board of Mayors directed at its meeting on Thursday.

An initial estimate was the claim would come to about $4,000, but manager Randy Gumm said he’d have to check invoices and receipts to get the exact figure.

The batteries were stolen in two separate incidences, the last one in November.