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Weber County to lower transfer-station tonnage fee; commissioners eye contracts and longer-term options
Summary
After county staff reported a sharp drop in commercial deliveries to the Weber County transfer station since the new Ogden facility opened, commissioners signaled support to lower the county's tonnage fee from $52.24 back to $50, and asked staff to negotiate contracts and explore longer-term options including a county landfill or contracting out.
Weber County commissioners signaled support on Thursday for lowering the county transfer-station fee from $52.24 back to $50 per ton after staff reported a sharp drop in commercial traffic tied to a new Ogden transfer station.
Sean Wilkinson briefed the commission that county staff have seen commercial deliveries fall substantially since the Ogden station opened and that private haulers are paying between $47 and $50 a ton at the Ogden facility. “We wanted to come talk to you today about the transfer station,” Wilkinson said. “We have seen a decrease in our commercial traffic.” County staff reported that commercial vehicle counts that had been roughly 120–130 per day are down; trucks the county used to send to…
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