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Columbia County moves solid waste fund from enterprise to refuse fund; municipal cleanup and disposal rules to change
Summary
The county approved redesignating the solid waste department's accounting from an enterprise fund to a refuse and garbage special revenue fund and advanced new policies that would end routine free disposal for municipalities and change cleanup-day billing rules.
Columbia County supervisors approved a financial resolution to change the solid waste division's designation from an enterprise fund to a special revenue refuse and garbage fund, county officials said.
County staff told the Public Works Committee that solid waste operations have not been self-sustaining for many years and that the change reflects auditor recommendations from the county's annual audit to more accurately align accounting and budgeting. Staff said the new designation preserves a separate fund for tracking…
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