Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Waste Management topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
County waives landfill fees for Gambler 500 cleanup; commissioners to reimburse vendor from cleanup fund
Summary
Jefferson County commissioners approved waiving the $12-per-ton landfill fee for a Gambler 500 public-lands cleanup and directed payment from the county cleanup fund (fund 509).
Jefferson County commissioners approved a request on June 15 to waive the countys $12-per-ton landfill fee for a Gambler 500 cleanup event that will consolidate trash collected from public land in the county.
Matters Sanitary Service and event organizers told the board they expected to collect between 4 and 500 cubic yards of debris and estimated a maximum weight in the range of roughly 40–50 tons based on prior events, which would translate into a waived fee of up to approximately $600. After discussion, the board directed that the county pay the waived portion from the county cleanup fund (fund 509) and authorized staff to reimburse the vendor after the tonnage is documented.
County finance staff cautioned that the county cleanup fund is capped and that repeated requests of this type could require additional review; commissioners said they were comfortable approving the fee waiver for this event and asked staff to monitor future requests and to propose any needed policy guardrails.
The motion to waive the fee and reimburse the vendor passed on voice vote.
