Lucas County proposes raising solid-waste fixed fee to $25 to fund local material-recovery facility

Lucas County sanitary engineering director Jim Shaw proposed increasing the county’s fixed solid-waste fee from $5 to $25 per improved parcel to generate revenue for a proposed material recovery facility and related programs.

At a June 24 public hearing in Springfield Township, Shaw said the county has secured roughly $12 million in grants to remediate a former landfill site where a material recovery facility — or MRF — would be built. "I'm recommending, that in order to, generate additional revenue for debt and operational costs, increase the fixed fee from $5 per year to $25 per year," Shaw said. He told the board the change would show on the tax duplicate as $12.50 per half and would be certified to the auditor by the second Monday in September if approved.

Shaw said the county is pursuing the MRF to reduce trucking…