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City warns Lancaster County transfer-station costs, equipment and safety strain service as growth continues
Summary
City staff said a 2009 agreement has not kept pace with rising operations and equipment costs; the transfer station can accept current volumes but equipment and tipping fees are rising and staff warned of safety and contract changes.
City and county officials told the joint meeting that growth is increasing waste volumes and that the city's transfer station arrangement with the county — established in February 2009 — needs updating to reflect higher operating and equipment costs.
City sanitation director Matt Berry and city presenters said the county currently pays $45 per ton under the 2009 agreement; private haulers pay roughly $60 per ton for municipal solid waste and about $56 per ton for construction and demolition. The 2009 contract rate was described in the presentation as $29 per ton. City staff said…
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