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Oldsmar council authorizes letter declining financial participation in Pinellas County regional biosolids facility
Summary
The Oldsmar City Council voted to authorize the city manager to draft a letter declining financial participation in Pinellas County's proposed regional resource recovery facility after staff cited substantially higher costs and uncertain regulatory benefits.
The Oldsmar City Council on Oct. 7 authorized the city manager to draft a letter declining the city’s financial participation in a proposed Pinellas County regional resource recovery facility (RRRF) to process biosolids.
City interim Public Works Director Jana Jan told the council that Pinellas County’s engineering study presented treatment scenarios that would cost Oldsmar between about $660,000 and more than $1 million per year — figures that, she said, do not include hauling fees. “The cost of those scenarios range anywhere from $660,000 to over a million for the city of Oldsmar and that doesn't even include hauling,” Jan said. She added Oldsmar…
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