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Commissioners signal support to continue Camp Hope waste subsidy through Jan. 1; funding shortfall noted
Summary
County staff told commissioners the county has subsidized Camp Hope garbage service since 2021; commissioners discussed a short-term continuation through the end of the year while the city’s RFP process transitions service to a new contractor.
Sean Roey, finance manager for public works, updated the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners on the county’s role in subsidizing solid-waste service at Camp Hope. Roey said the county had paid half of the on-site dumpster bill and that the expense is “about thousand dollars a month currently.” He traced the history: Health and Human Services covered costs through a COVID emergency grant from November 2020 to January 2021; afterward the county assumed some of the costs via solid waste…
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