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Dickson County proposes raising commercial landfill tipping fee to $70 per ton; municipalities asked to pay half
Summary
County leaders proposed raising commercial tipping fees from $54 to $70 per ton and asking municipal partners to pay $35 per ton, a change the county says would raise roughly $500,000 in annual revenue and fund future capital improvements at the landfill. Commissioners voted to move the proposal to the regular session agenda.
Dickson County officials proposed raising the countys commercial landfill tipping fee from $54 to $70 per ton and asking municipal partners to pay $35 per ton, a move county leaders said would produce roughly $500,000 in additional revenue while helping fund long-term capital improvements.
The change would take effect Sept. 1, giving commercial haulers a ramp-up period before the new fee applies for a full year, county officials said. The countys proposal keeps the municipal share at half the commercial rate, with the city of Dixon, White Bluff and Charlotte expected to pay the reduced municipal rate under agreements that would be with each municipality, not with private haulers.
Why it matters: County leaders said the landfill has…
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