Board debates whether expansion fund should cover phase costs as scraper financing plan is clarified

Sep 28, 2026

Board members discussed routing scraper rent and expansion fees, with the chair arguing that expansion fees should pay for expansion activities while staff outlined mechanics to transfer scraper‑related revenue into capital (50) fund; expansion fund balance cited at about $134,000.

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The Chair pressed that expenses tied to opening new landfill space—surveys, engineering, capping and well redrilling—should be paid from the landfill expansion fund rather than routine operating lines. The Chair framed scraper rent and expansion fees as intended to jointly fund the scraper purchase rather than coming out of day‑to‑day operating accounts.

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