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Maury County commissioners direct mayor to seek higher City of Columbia tipping fee amid transfer-station losses
Summary
After extended debate, Maury County commissioners authorized the mayor to negotiate with the City of Columbia to raise the city’s transfer-station disposal rate to $65.50 per ton and to report back to the budget committee.
Maury County commissioners voted Monday to authorize the mayor to negotiate with City of Columbia officials to raise the city’s disposal rate at the county transfer station to $65.50 per ton — the county’s standard third‑party gate rate — and to report results to the budget committee.
The action followed an extended committee debate in which multiple commissioners said current arrangements leave county property taxpayers subsidizing city residential collection. Committee members and staff discussed recent budget figures showing a discrepancy between disposal costs and revenues; commissioners said the city currently pays $52.37 per ton under…
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