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DeKalb commissioner proposes landfill-area sanitation discounts, filters and composting incentives; committee defers for fiscal review
Summary
Commissioner Terry proposed staggered curbside sanitation discounts for households within two miles of the county landfill, HVAC filter rebates and composting support; commissioners asked for legal and precise fiscal impact data and deferred the resolution to the second meeting in May to coincide with a Pole Bridge study update.
Commissioner Terry presented a resolution aimed at "enhancing environmental equity and sanitation practices" for neighborhoods near the county landfill, proposing staggered rate discounts, HVAC filter rebates and support for composting initiatives.
Terry said the program would focus on households within a two‑mile radius of the landfill and cited GIS figures: "we do know that based on GIS data, there's 4,400 households approximately in that 2 mile radius," he told the committee. The proposal described a distance‑based…
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