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Clay County approves new curbside collection rate, holds disposal assessment steady amid heated debate
Summary
The board kept the annual disposal assessment at $96 and approved a new collection rate to fund a countywide contract with FCC beginning Oct. 1. Commissioners and residents sparred over cost, billing frequency and impacts on fixed-income and rural households; the collection rate passed 3–2.
Clay County commissioners voted on Aug. 27 to maintain the county’s annual disposal assessment at $96 per household and to adopt the collection rate needed to fund a new countywide curbside-collection contract scheduled to begin Oct. 1.
At a public hearing, staff explained the two-part assessment: the $96 assessment covers disposal (the landfill or tipping-cost portion) and the separate collection charge covers weekly curbside pickup under the new contract. "This is the disposal piece; this is not the collection at the curbside," the County Attorney told the board during the hearing to…
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