County weighs Sunday landfill reopening; staff proposes 7 a.m.–4 p.m. schedule, one new scale-house hire and 6‑month pilot

County public works officials presented a detailed review of the county’s solid-waste operations and options to reopen the landfill to the public on Sundays during the March 9, 2025 Board of County Supervisors meeting. The presentation, led by Public Works Director Katab Shorter and Assistant Director Monica Gorman, laid out usage data, capital needs for the landfill, and three staffing/schedule options for board consideration.

The proposal and the stakes: Director Katab Shorter said the county currently operates the landfill and Compass transfer station on a schedule that yields the equivalent of 69 public‑access hours per week (6 a.m.–6 p.m. Monday–Friday plus Saturday hours), and that opening Sundays while keeping the existing two‑shift daily schedule would require adding roughly 14 staff and could raise enterprise fund costs dramatically. "If we left the schedule as is and added Sunday, we're looking at 14 staff members, which we estimated would add about $44,300,000 in additional expenditure," Shorter said during the presentation.

Staff recommendation:…