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Council debates options for transfer station after city funds cover operations used by county residents
Summary
Council discussed options after finding city residents' bills subsidize the transfer station while county residents use it at similar dump fees; options include negotiating county cost-sharing, limiting hours, banning county users, or closing the station.
Benton City councilors spent a sustained portion of the July 15 meeting debating whether the city should continue subsidizing transfer-station operations that county residents also use. Mayor (speaker 1) raised the issue, noting the transfer station’s operation is effectively subsidized through city residential bills and asking whether the city should continue that arrangement.
City Attorney Eric cautioned the council that…
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