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County staff back state bill to allow local tire shredding after contractors pull out
Summary
Commissioners heard a request to support a state bill that would let counties shred and manage tires locally using collected tire-fee funds after private contractors stopped serving rural landfills.
County staff and a counterpart from Iron County asked the commission to review and consider supporting a proposed state bill that would allow counties to shred tires locally and use the existing per-tire recycling fee to cover the cost when private recyclers will not serve a rural landfill.
County landfill staff and intercounty partners described repeated problems getting a contractor to remove tires; a prior contractor handled some hauling before going out of business, leaving tire piles at the county landfill. Staff and their Iron County counterpart proposed an option to rent or buy a shredder and use shredded tire material as daily landfill cover rather than dirt. They said the state collects a per‑tire recycling fee (staff cited roughly $1) and that statute currently channels those funds to recyclers; the proposed bill would allow counties to use those monies for self‑shredding when no private contractor is available.
Staff noted the state currently has one remaining recycler and that company has pushed back on the bill. Commissioners asked staff to gather the bill text and to coordinate a conference call with legislative staff while the legislature is in session. No county appropriation was requested at the meeting; the discussion was a request for the commission to review and, potentially, support the draft legislation.
