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Council discusses regional resource recovery options amid concerns about contract performance and hauling costs
Summary
Councilmembers heard outreach updates about a potential regional resource recovery center, learned Marshalltown was unlikely to accept large tonnages, noted a possible $70/ton tipping fee in Hardin County and agreed to place the issue on a future agenda to seek more information and performance protections.
Councilmembers spent a substantial portion of the meeting discussing options for handling municipal solid waste if Nevada were to join a regional resource recovery arrangement.
A councilmember who had met with neighboring communities said Marshalltown was not interested in accepting Nevada’s larger annual tonnage, though Hardin County might be open to negotiations. The council heard a possible estimate of about $70 per ton as a tipping fee in Hardin County,…
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