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Cochise County supervisors approve waste-fee increase, regional SWAT IGA and a string of agreements; immunization funding OK’d despite chair’s dissent
Summary
At its April 21 meeting the Cochise County Board of Supervisors approved a new solid-waste fee schedule, an IGA to form a regional SWAT team and several intergovernmental agreements, and extended a mental-health grant; an ADHS immunization IGA amendment passed with the chair recorded as voting no.
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors on April 21 approved a package of operational changes and intergovernmental agreements, including a solid-waste fee increase, a five-year regional SWAT agreement and several election IGAs.
Public Works recommended raising the county landfill rate from $64 to $68 per ton, citing cost increases and new state tipping fees. "I recommend the $68 per ton as we have discussed at the work sessions previously," Mr. Fazio told the board while explaining the increase and noting the county has held its per-ton rate since 2016.
Supervisor Antinori clarified the impact of a new Arizona Department of Environmental Quality charge: "ADEQ ... roughly about a dollar and some change per ton is going to go to ADEQ," which he said accounts for a significant portion of the proposed increase.
The board opened a public hearing on the…
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