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Chittenden Solid Waste District approves ordinance change to raise solid waste management fee to $40 per ton
Summary
The board of commissioners voted to change the district’s solid waste management ordinance so the fee can be set at $40 per ton, a move staff said is intended to help close a multi‑million dollar shortfall on the new materials recycling facility (MRF). The vote passed 23–3.
At its April 16 meeting, the Chittenden Solid Waste District board of commissioners approved changes to the district’s solid waste management ordinance that would allow the solid waste management fee to be set at $40 per ton. Staff said the increase is intended to help close a $3 million-plus shortfall on the district’s new materials recycling facility project.
Executive Director Sarah (last name not specified in transcript) told the board the proposed $40 figure is derived from tracking the fee against two consumer price indexes over 22 years and would align the district’s fee with the garbage and trash industry index. “Had we been utilizing the garbage and trash index CPI for the past 22 years, that number would be at about $39.21…so we…
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