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Commissioners debate charging for tire disposal, tracking costs and possible sticker tokens
Summary
Bonner County commissioners discussed whether tire disposal should remain covered by the residential fee or be charged separately; staff were asked to calculate the county’s actual tire-disposal cost and to propose tracking or token options if tires are to be limited within the annual sticker program.
Bonner County commissioners on Oct. 5 pressed solid waste staff for precise cost data on tire disposal and discussed proposals to charge residents for tires rather than absorb the cost under the $194 household fee.
The question matters because commissioners said county residents are effectively subsidizing the disposal of tires and other non-household waste when those costs are carried inside the flat annual fee.
Operations Manager Melissa Galt said the county has handled wheel and tire disposal at collection sites and provided a proposed fee structure discussed at prior meetings: for residential customers…
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