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Solid waste plan: higher assessments, Heart of Florida hauling costs and a $3.2M scale-house relocation top capital requests
Summary
Solid Waste leaders told commissioners they will increase the residential assessment and implement the second phase of a previously approved gate-rate increase in October; capital program includes a $3.2 million relocation of the scale house tied to landfill expansion, plus equipment and site-preparation work.
Solid Waste Director Mark Johnson and fiscal manager Cassie Peterson presented three coordinated funds for solid waste, recycling and collections and outlined both revenue and capital changes for FY26.
Revenue changes include: an adjustment to the residential solid-waste assessment (currently $87) and the second phase of a previously approved three-phase gate-rate increase at the county landfill (Heart of Florida), due to take effect in October. Peterson said the assessment change is expected to generate roughly $20 million in additional revenue for fund stability, while the October rate phase is projected to increase gate-rate revenue by about $2 million.
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