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Commission debates sanitation-billing trigger; agrees to monitor occupancy-letter approach
Summary
Commissioners discussed ambiguity in a recent sanitation ordinance amendment about when trash billing should begin (certificate of occupancy vs. delivery of a garbage can) and agreed to try using a post-occupancy notification letter and track results before changing the ordinance.
The Rich County Commission debated how to implement a recent amendment to the county’s sanitation ordinance that changed when new homes begin receiving sanitation service. Staff and commissioners said the amendment — intended to avoid billing homes that are complete but unsold — left ambiguity over whether billing should begin on issuance of a certificate of occupancy or when a household actually receives a garbage can or dumpster service.
Sanitation staff described…
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