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Keep Jasper County Beautiful representative requests accommodation-tax funding for expanded litter crew
Summary
A presenter representing Keep Jasper County Beautiful told the Jasper County Transportation Committee the program removed about 73.6 tons of litter last year, reached thousands of students, and asked the county to fund an additional litter crew through the accommodation tax to keep up with growth.
A representative of Keep Jasper County Beautiful asked the Jasper County Transportation Committee on Thursday for additional funding from the county’s accommodation tax to create a second litter crew, saying the program cannot keep up with litter driven by recent construction and population growth.
The presenter, who identified herself as affiliated with Keep Jasper County Beautiful and the local conservation district, told the committee volunteers collected about 38 tons of litter from July 1 to March 31 and the program’s litter crew collected about 35.6 tons, for a combined total of 73.6 tons over the year. She said roughly 1,500 volunteers contributed almost 4,000 hours to the program.
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