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Chaffee County landfill shifts to weight-based fees, staff say revenue up but costs rising
Summary
County landfill staff reported May data showing large increases in measured brush and loose trash after changes to fee collection and minimum charges; officials said revenue rose about 20% while warning that equipment and lining costs will pressure future budgets.
County landfill staff told commissioners that recent changes to how the facility charges customers—moving from a $10 minimum and spot assessments to consistent weight-based billing and raising minimums—produced a sharp increase in measured yard-waste and loose trash and about a 20% revenue boost. “We also increased the minimum fee from 10 to $20, and then it's also Dirty Denver's team went live,” said a landfill staff…
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