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Resident accuses county landfill mismanagement, cites $27 million debt; commissioners say expansion and account separation underway
Summary
A Jersey Shore resident told commissioners the county landfill is burdened by roughly $27 million in bonds and accused past officials of mismanagement; commissioners said they have separated landfill accounts, hired management, and view an expansion as essential to address outstanding debt.
Todd Lauer, a Jersey Shore resident, used public comment time at the Lycoming County commissioners meeting to sharply criticize past landfill management and to accuse previous commissioners of decisions that left the operation with about $27,000,000 in outstanding debt. "We're in debt $27,000,000," Lauer said, and alleged that the county previously excused as much as "$1,000,000" owed by a hauler.
Commissioners responded during the meeting that the current board has worked to separate landfill funds from other county accounts to increase transparency and to stop past practices such as using landfill funds for…
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