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Brown County adopts landfill rate increases after staff warns of cash shortfall
Summary
After a months-long review showing the landfill running an 18% operating loss, commissioners voted unanimously to raise municipal solid-waste rates and construction-and-demolition rates; staff will publish the new fees and give haulers notice.
Brown County commissioners voted to raise several landfill fees after solid-waste staff presented year-to-date data showing cash reserves declining and operating losses tied to hauling costs and out-of-county disposal volumes.
The vote: Commissioners approved a package of rate changes for municipal solid waste and construction-and-demolition (C&D) waste intended to bring the landfill's monthly cash flow back toward break-even. Under the motion commissioners set municipal solid-waste rates at $75 per ton for in-county customers, $86 per ton for out-of-county customers, and $75 per ton for volume haulers. The commission also raised C&D…
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