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Universal curbside trash program moves forward despite homeowner and mobile-park objections
Summary
The board adopted the tentative solid waste budget and the universal curbside assessment; residents from HOAs and mobile-home parks urged exemptions or dumpster alternatives, and staff offered direct-billing dumpster options and a backdoor service accommodation for residents with mobility issues.
The Board of County Commissioners voted to adopt the tentative solid waste budget and to advertise the non ad valorem assessments that will fund a new countywide curbside collection program, despite sustained public objections from homeowners associations, mobile-home park operators and individual residents.
County staff presented the solid waste package, which included a universal curbside collection assessment (presented by staff as $181.70 per parcel) and related unit charges for residential waste generation. The solid waste budget the board approved for advertisement was $42,047,435.
Public comment: Several owners and managers of mobile-home communities and HOAs said the county's universal approach burdens low-income…
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