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Senate hears bill to let counties withdraw from multi-county solid-waste districts; Seneca County officials push support
Summary
Senate Bill 147 would allow counties to begin a withdrawal process from multi-county solid waste districts. Seneca County Commissioner Anthony Paradiso and Seneca County Health Commissioner Julie Richards testified that the change would give local officials more control and funds to oversee a large landfill expanding in Seneca County.
The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a second hearing Wednesday on Senate Bill 147, a measure that would let a county begin a formal withdrawal process from a multi-county solid waste management district. Anthony Paradiso, a Seneca County commissioner, and Julie Richards, Seneca County health commissioner, testified in favor of the bill.
Paradiso told the committee Seneca County is part of the Ottawa-Sandusky-Seneca Solid Waste Management District (OSS), whose governing board includes three county commissioners from each county (nine voting members). He said the Wind Waste landfill serving the district brings in the bulk of waste revenue and that Seneca County receives a disproportionate share of impacts while seeking more local resources for oversight. "We are asking you to do the same here. Give authority to local counties to write their own destiny," Paradiso said.
Paradiso told senators…
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