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Morris County report: proposed MCMUA disposal fee rises to $78.22 per ton, authority awards recycling contract
Summary
At the June 11 Morris County Board of Commissioners work session staff reported the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MCMUA) has proposed increasing its transport and disposal fee to $78.22 per ton (about a 27% rise from the prior ~$65.50 rate) and awarded a vegetative‑materials marketing contract.
Morris County officials reported at a June 11, 2025, work session that the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority has proposed a new transport and disposal rate of $78.22 per ton, an increase of roughly 27% from the approximately $65.50 per ton fee that had been in place for several years.
The rate change and an award of a vegetative‑materials recycling marketing contract were presented as highlights from the MCMUA report. The meeting record says the proposed $78.22 per‑ton charge was “a big increase” but that it is “in line with what was expected and budgeted.” The authority also reported awarding a contract to an excavation firm to handle marketing for vegetative materials recycling.
The board did not take a formal vote on the proposed MCMUA rate change during the work session; the item was presented as a report to commissioners. The meeting transcript does not specify a final effective date for the new rate or detail which municipalities will see immediate changes to their bills.
County documents provided at the meeting show the previously used flat fee (about $65.50 per ton) had been in place for roughly five years; the new figure is presented as the transport and disposal cost rather than a separate municipal assessment. No additional budget line‑item detail or contract value for the vegetative‑materials marketing award was given in the remarks recorded in the work session.
The report did not include a public comment or staff presentation that explained the components behind the new per‑ton figure (for example, fuel, landfill tipping charges, or contract escalation clauses). Commissioners and staff present characterized the increase as consistent with forecasts and with amounts that had been budgeted, but the transcript does not record a vote or formal direction to county staff to take further action on the proposal at this meeting.
Next steps were not specified in the work session record; the transcript indicates the MCMUA items were informational at this stage. Commissioners or county staff seeking additional budget detail or an implementation timetable would likely need to request the MCMUA’s formal budget or await a future meeting where the authority brings a finalized rate schedule or contract documents for official action.
