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Hillsborough staff propose 7.8% solid-waste rate increase to fund $77M landfill expansion
Summary
Solid Waste Director Damien Trammell proposed a three-year rate plan (7.8% in FY26, then 6% in FY27 and FY28) that would fund a $77 million landfill expansion, cover CPI contract adjustments and respond to a 38% landfill-volume spike in 2024; the board asked staff to return June 4 seeking an Aug. 6 public hearing.
Hillsborough County's Solid Waste Management Department briefed commissioners on a proposed three-year rate plan on June 1 that would fund a $77 million expansion of the county landfill and cover contractual cost increases.
"We generate over 1,200,000 tons of waste each year," Damien Trammell, Solid Waste Management Department director, told the board. Trammell said the county's resource recovery facility is operating at design capacity, processing about 44% of the county's waste, while 41% is sent to the landfill and approximately 15% is recycled.
Trammell said the county is adding roughly 5,000 new residential customers per year. He said landfill volumes jumped in 2024 to about 630,000 tons—an increase of nearly 200,000 tons, or 38% compared with recent years—partly because of the temporary closure of a City of…
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