Town council members told the liaison committee that volunteers and staff operate a multiuse town property off Lake Manassas Avenue (referred to as the town farm) that currently accepts county and town residents’ yard waste, metal and white goods and provides mulch and other services.

Town staff said the FY26 budget includes $50,000 for contractor grinding services after the town retired older grinding equipment; that change, along with rising tipping fees, increased the site’s operating costs. The town reported that county residents account for a substantial share of yard waste delivered to the site and that, historically, staff checked for town or county vehicle stickers or the postal address on a driver’s license to determine jurisdiction.

At a June work session the town narrowed potential responses to two options: (1) charge county residents a per‑load fee (the town discussed a $15 proposed fee) and require a ticket purchased at town hall, or (2) adjust internal town accounting so town citizens are not subsidizing county users (town staff described this second option as preferable to many council members). Council members said they brought the proposal to the liaison group to inform county leaders before any final action.

Several supervisors and council members noted that many residents confuse town/county boundaries and observed that charging a convenience fee for non‑town users would be a straightforward way to recover costs. Others cautioned that signage and clear communication would be needed, and that some locations near the town limit may be more convenient for county residents than the county transfer station.

No fee was adopted at the liaison meeting. Town representatives said they planned to proceed with internal discussion and outreach and that either the fee or an accounting change could be brought back to liaison members for further review.