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Supervisors approve purchase of tire cutter and adopt new residential tire rules
Summary
The board authorized purchase of a commercial tire cutter and set limits on residential tire disposal: four tires per day, no commercial tires accepted, eliminate resident disposal fees and adopt a paper hang-tag system.
The Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to authorize county staff to purchase a commercial tire cutter and to adopt new rules limiting residential tire disposal.
County staff described a growing pile of tires at the transfer station, current per-tire fees collected from residents (approximately $6,000 per year), and annual vendor pickup costs of about $17,000. Staff proposed buying a commercial tire cutter (quoted at roughly $27,000)…
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