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Resident asks Ellis County for one-time hauling fee waiver to remove large tree piles; commissioners agree to case-by-case waiver
Summary
A county resident asked commissioners on Feb. 4 for relief from hauling charges to remove large piles of tree debris near a hospital fitness trail; commissioners said they would allow a one-time county fee waiver for this instance and asked for a progress report in February.
Ron Adams, a property owner near the hospital fitness trail and a VOTEC school, told the Ellis County Commission on Feb. 4 that large piles of cut trees on his property posed burn and safety concerns and asked the county to waive the $20-per-ton hauling fee the City of Hays charges nonresidents to remove tree debris.
"I would like to do the same thing of hauling trees off because it's just fear…
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