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Richmond council approves trial change to transfer station hours and updates tipping fees
Summary
The Richmond Town Council adopted amendments to the solid-waste ordinance to extend Wednesday transfer-station hours during daylight saving time and approved revisions to tipping fees, both effective Feb. 1; the extended Wednesday hours are a one-year trial to gauge resident usage.
The Richmond Town Council voted to amend its solid-waste ordinance to extend transfer-station hours and to approve changes to tipping fees, measures the council said are designed to improve access while limiting new staff costs.
Councilor (unnamed in the record) moved to adopt chapter 18.18 (recycling and solid waste disposal) with an amendment changing section 18.18.0.03(b). The revised schedule will keep the transfer station open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and during daylight saving time Wednesday hours will extend to 6 p.m. The amendment is framed as a trial period; council members said they would reassess if usage is low and return to revise the ordinance if needed. Council recorded the effective date as Feb. 1.
Council also approved amendments to tipping fees under ordinance section 18.18.0.07. Staff and council did not record extended debate on the fee structure during the meeting; the motion to adopt the fee amendment was moved, seconded and carried in roll-call votes recorded by the clerk.
Councilors asked Public Works staff about overtime and staffing needs for the extended Wednesday evening hours. The DPW representative said staffing can be rescheduled (for example by reducing Tuesday hours and moving personnel) and that the change should not require overtime. Multiple councilors asked for a follow-up check-in after a period of daylight saving time to evaluate whether the extended hours produced enough usage to justify continuing them.
The council’s actions were procedural votes taken after a public hearing that was continued from the previous meeting; no public commenters spoke during the hearing at this session. The transfer-station hours amendment and tipping-fees ordinance will take effect Feb. 1, 2026, as recorded by the clerk.
What happens next: staff will monitor use of the extended Wednesday hours and return to the council with usage data and any staffing implications, as requested during the meeting.
