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Lane County warns solid-waste fund at risk as haulers export trash to private landfill; staff proposes rate cut, franchising and audit
Summary
County staff told commissioners that exportation of waste to a private landfill has cut Short Mountain revenues by roughly $5.17 million and left an ongoing structural deficit; staff proposed meeting Waste Connections at $100/ton, pursuing franchising/flow control, auditing export volumes and preparing service-reduction options for the budget.
County public works staff told the Lane County Board of Commissioners on March 31 that exportation of locally collected solid waste to a private landfill in White City has sharply reduced revenues supporting the county's public solid-waste services and put the Short Mountain Landfill enterprise fund at risk.
In a presentation, staff said the county saw a $5,170,000 revenue reduction in the solid-waste fund in the last fiscal year and is projecting an annual structural deficit of more than $2 million going forward, driven by a shift of waste to a private landfill owned by Waste Connections. The presentation said a significant portion of fee revenue that has historically paid for 15 county transfer stations, recycling, household hazardous-waste disposal and other services is now collected outside Lane County.
Staff described several policy and near-term options: continue negotiations with Waste Connections and its subsidiaries to return locally collected waste to Short…
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