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Delaware County health official asks Sunbury to approve regional solid‑waste plan with $1.50 per‑ton fee increase
Summary
Jennifer Leung of Delaware Public Health presented a five‑year update to the DKMM solid‑waste district plan and said the district board approved raising the per‑ton fee from $6 to $7.50 to sustain current programs and expand services; the district requests municipal approval by resolution.
Jennifer Leung, coordinator of the Delaware County municipal program at Delaware Public Health, asked the City of Sunbury Services Committee to consider adopting a resolution approving the DKMM solid‑waste district’s updated five‑year plan.
Leung told the committee the district is required by state law to write and update solid‑waste plans every five years and that the district’s board — described as the county commissioners for the four counties served — approved an update that includes a fee increase. “The plan update increases the fee to $7.50 a ton from $6 a ton,” Leung said, explaining the higher fee would sustain current programs and allow new or expanded services.
Leung outlined existing programs that the district funds or supports: tire collection bins at facilities that accept tires found on public right‑of‑way, household hazardous‑waste and electronics drop‑offs by appointment, holiday light recycling, and a food‑scrap “bootstrap bucket” program that allows residents to compost food waste at a participating farm. She said recent collection events in Radnor and Sunbury brought in about 21 tons of tires and that holiday‑light collections recover roughly 3,500 pounds per year.
Leung said DKMM can offer grants to businesses and schools for waste audits and to communities to start or improve curbside recycling programs. She urged the committee to review the executive summary in the meeting packet and noted the full plan is stored on the municipality’s OneDrive. City staff said they will prepare a resolution for the council’s first reading and reminded members there is a deadline window for jurisdictions to record acceptance; failure to approve would count as a municipal rejection and could affect regional adoption thresholds.
No committee vote was taken; staff said they will present a resolution for council consideration at the next meeting.
