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After heated public comments, supervisors order committee to address trash-site safety and enforcement
Summary
Supervisors directed the county administrator to convene a committee with site attendants and supervisors to resolve recurring problems at county trash-collection sites after attendants testified about overflowing dumpsters, hazardous waste and lack of PPE; staff outlined limits on enforcement and options to improve operations.
A string of public comments and staff discussions at the Southampton County Board of Supervisors meeting on Feb. 25 prompted the board to direct the county administrator to organize an internal committee to address recurring problems at county trash-collection sites.
Longtime site attendant Dave Cox described hazardous working conditions at one site — standing water, overflowed…
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