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County staff report January permits, school facilities tax and landfill tonnage; committee approves monthly reports
Summary
Building Codes and Solid Waste staff presented monthly operating figures: building permits and revenue, school facilities tax collections, convenience‑center inspections, and landfill tonnage/diversion data. Committee approved the routine reports by voice vote.
County staff presented routine operational reports for January. The Building Codes office reported issuing 264 permits in January and recorded $177,989.22 in permit revenue for the month; the office reported $95,659.50 collected for the school facilities tax in January and no development tax payments were recorded for the period, according to the staff report delivered at the meeting.
Bishop Wagner, Rutherford County Solid Waste director, reported landfill and convenience‑center activity: the county landfill accepted 146.01 tons of brush in January for revenue of $4,374, and the scale operations showed total revenue of $5,839 for the month (Wagner said a December/January reporting typo may have affected the slide). Wagner reported total disposal from all sources of approximately 3,117.72 tons for the month, of which 2,3xx tons came from convenience centers and 483.32 tons from schools; staff reported recycling and diversion of 329.73 tons and a residential diversion rate of 10.58% for January.
Committee action: Staff's routine reports — building codes, zoning enforcement and solid‑waste monthly reports — were presented and approved by the committee by voice vote during the meeting.
Ending: Staff members said they would follow up on any commissioner questions and continue normal reporting at future meetings.
