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MCMUA budget to cut tipping fee to $113/ton in 2026; county to onboard 27 staff for transfer-station operations
Summary
Morris County officials said the MCMUA budget proposal includes a $2-per-ton tipping-fee decrease to $113 starting in 2026 and announced plans to recruit and onboard 27 employees ahead of a Dec. 16, 2025 transfer-station operational takeover; curbside recycling shared-service contracts were also described.
County officials on Oct. 8 said the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MCMUA) will propose a budget that reduces the tipping fee by $2 per ton — to $113 per ton — starting in 2026, a change the director said would save county waste generators roughly $1 million compared with 2025. The director presented the financial item as part of a broader operational update and said the MCMUA is preparing to take over transfer-station operations on Dec. 16, 2025.
As part of the takeover, the county will recruit and onboard 27 employees transferred from the current operator, JP Mascara, to staff the transfer station, the director said. County staff were praised for assisting the MCMUA in recruiting and onboarding work.
Officials also said MCMUA will authorize new curbside recycling shared-service contracts with Long Hill, Hanover and Rockaway at an upcoming 10:40 meeting; existing contracts expire in 2025. Those items were framed as operational and administrative decisions, not formal resolutions adopted during the work session.
No formal vote on the MCMUA budget or the contracts was recorded during the work session. Commissioners continued with the agenda after the update.
