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Commissioners debate closing satellite trash sites or buying equipment; decide to pause and revisit after budget reviews
Summary
Facing persistent losses at the transfer station, Scott County commissioners debated whether to buy equipment and run satellite sites in-house or close the satellites and consolidate service at the transfer station; they tabled a decision and scheduled a further review for mid-September.
Scott County commissioners held an extended discussion about the county's satellite trash sites, the transfer station's financial losses, and proposals to either purchase equipment and operate the satellites in-house or close the satellite sites and consolidate service at the transfer station.
Transfer-station staff said the satellite program is running in the red and the county does not have budgeted funds to continue the service as-is. Staff outlined an in-house option that would use a truck (acquired via lease-buy or county vehicle program), a trailer with a cart tipper and a portable (crane) scale to weigh small customer loads; staff estimated…
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