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Yelm weighs adopting Thurston County hazardous-waste plan vs. creating local plan; staff recommend joining county plan

Yelm City Council · December 3, 2025
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Council heard staff present the Thurston County Hazardous Waste Management Plan and answers from the county to earlier questions. Staff said adopting the county plan costs the city nothing now; developing a local plan could cost roughly $20,000 in consultant fees and faces tight timelines before Jan. 1.

Unidentified Speaker 7 summarized staff work on the Thurston County Hazardous Waste Management Plan and said the county supplied written answers to council questions that staff attached to the packet "as they sent them back to us, so we didn't, change them at all." Staff told the council the city can adopt the county plan by the end of the year or pursue a local plan but that developing a local plan would likely require a…

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