County finance director presents Waste Connections five‑year trash proposal; staff recommends award

At the Feb. 10 Marlboro County Council meeting, Finance Director Wes Park presented a PowerPoint on a proposed five‑year solid‑waste collection contract with Waste Connections and said staff recommended awarding the contract. Park told council that the plan would be financed through property taxes and cited proposed annual charges of $235 for most property owners and $185 for homestead‑exempt residents age 65 and older.

The minutes record the staff recommendation but do not record a council vote to approve or award the contract at this meeting. The presentation was listed under the consent/agenda items and followed procedural approvals; no motion to award the contract is recorded in the meeting minutes.

Park also presented seven‑month financial reports and said that fee‑in‑lieu and general tax revenues had not yet been posted for the reporting period; the county treasurer was working to post property tax and fee‑in‑lieu revenues. County Administrator Wilson A. Clyburn (listed in the minutes as County Administrator) provided administrative updates, including a move of the delinquent tax sale until after the November elections, a countywide cleanup scheduled the week of March 29 with primary activities on March 29, and recreation registrations beginning March 6 for baseball.

Because the minutes do not show a recorded vote, the contract remains at the staff‑recommendation stage pending any future council action or formal contract approval.