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Lucas County proposes parcel fee increase to finance new materials-recovery facility

5131754 · June 10, 2025
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County sanitary staff proposed raising the fixed annual solid-waste assessment from $5 to $25 per improved parcel to fund a county-owned materials recovery facility (MRF) and related remediation; the change was presented at a public hearing and two additional hearings were scheduled.

Lucas County staff on Tuesday presented a plan to shift funding for the Solid Waste Management District from landfill disposal fees toward a higher fixed parcel assessment to finance a county-owned materials-recovery facility (MRF).

Sanitary Engineering Director Jim Shaw described the MRF as a long-discussed project to reduce landfill dependence and hold recycling-processing capacity within the county. “This is a remediation grant of $7,000,000 of a $9,000,000 project,” Shaw said, describing an Ohio EPA grant used to remediate the proposed Coleman Drive and South Avenue site…

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