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Commissioners weigh raising the residential environmental fee to eliminate $1M solid-waste subsidy
Summary
Board members flagged a recurring $1 million annual subsidy to the solid-waste enterprise fund and discussed raising the $5 monthly environmental fee on improved residential parcels to cover operations; staff said a roughly $2 monthly increase (to about $7) would eliminate the subsidy.
St. Mary's County commissioners spent part of their March 10 budget work session discussing the county's solid-waste and recycling enterprise fund and an annual subsidy of roughly $1 million that currently covers the operating gap.
Solid-waste staff explained that the county assesses a $5 monthly environmental fee (charged…
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