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County administrator says fee increase aimed at stopping out-of-county trash dumping
Summary
Hart County officials said a recent fee increase for certain types of trash disposal was intended to prevent nonresidents from bringing commercial or C&D waste to county facilities, after complaints about out-of-county dumping and cost-shifting to county taxpayers.
County officials told the Hart County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 12 that the county raised fees for certain types of trash so that out-of-county users would no longer be subsidized by Hart County taxpayers.
The county administrator said the change was prompted by complaints that people from neighboring counties were bringing trash to Hart County facilities and effectively shifting disposal costs onto local taxpayers. The administrator said the fee increase targeted those out-of-county customers while protecting Hart County residents from higher charges.
“As of late we found Hart County taxpayers were subsidizing people from out of the county bringing trash in here and dumping it,” the County Administrator said during the reports portion of the meeting, explaining the rationale for the fee increase.
Commissioners discussed that Hart County had been one of two counties within about a 50-mile radius accepting certain construction and demolition (C&D) materials and that aligning fees with neighboring counties would help keep the county’s solid-waste operation financially balanced.
No ordinance or formal policy change was adopted at the meeting; the administrator reported the fee adjustments had already been implemented for out-of-county customers and the board discussed the operational effects and community reaction.
