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Mount Vernon moves toward new waste-hauler licenses and recycling reporting requirements
Summary
Council discussed Ordinance 2025-21, which would require waste-hauler licensing, mandatory recycling permits, annual tonnage and transfer-station reporting and secure-hauling standards after review by the utilities commission and outside partners.
Council members gave a second reading to proposed changes that would require waste-hauler licenses, separate recycling permits, annual reporting on tonnage and transfer-station destinations, and secure-hauling practices intended to stop debris and illegal disposal.
Councilman Rekman (Utilities Commission liaison) said the draft ordinance follows months of work with the utilities commission, regional partners and operators. "We talked to DKMM," he said, referring to the regional solid-waste body that advised the city; "they recommended this as well. They support this, and particularly the recycling portion."
The ordinance would require any person or entity…
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