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Brown County waives landfill tipping fees for Homes Are Possible projects for three years
Summary
Brown County Commission approved a three-year waiver of landfill tipping fees for demolition material from properties acquired and rehabilitated by Homes Are Possible, Inc., with exclusions for foundations and heavy inert material; commissioners added a three-year review/window and discussed caps and tonnage concerns.
Derek Beckius, executive director of Homes Are Possible, Inc., asked the Brown County Commission to waive landfill tipping fees for demolition material from properties his nonprofit acquires and rehabilitates, saying the savings would help keep renovated homes affordable for low- and moderate-income buyers. "What I'm looking at requesting is having the county waive the tipping fees at the landfill, for these properties that we removed," Beckius said.
The commission heard Beckius describe the nonprofit's work…
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