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City schedules Dec. 3 forum on landfill study and rate changes after haulers voice concerns over proposed increases
Summary
Following a presentation of SCS Engineers' landfill study, the council set a public forum and work session for Dec. 3 to review proposed tiered landfill rates; local haulers and residents questioned a proposed scale purchase and warned rate hikes could harm small businesses.
The Saint Joseph City Council announced on Nov. 12 that it will host a public forum and work session on Dec. 3 to discuss results from an SCS Engineers study of the Saint Joseph Landfill and consider proposed changes to landfill rates.
Presiding official said the staff-recommended proposal would restructure landfill fees into five tiers (tier 1: automobiles; tier 2: pickups with trailers; tier 3: packers; tier 4: roll-off containers/dump trucks/semi-trailers; tier 5: large transfer haulers). Letters were mailed to licensed trash haulers to inform them of the Dec. 3 meeting; council said no…
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