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Walker County landfill director recommends ending regular Saturday hours after financial review
Summary
Solid waste director Payne Gilley told commissioners that Saturdays produce the most traffic but the lowest disposal tonnage and revenue; his data and a 1,001-customer survey led him to recommend reducing or ending Saturday operations, a topic commissioners deferred for fuller discussion in June.
Payne Gilley, Walker County’s director of solid waste and environmental management, told the Board of Commissioners that Saturday is the landfill’s busiest day in customer traffic but among its weakest for disposal tonnage and core revenue. "Saturday traffic averages about 1.9 times more than weekday traffic," Gilley said, "but Saturday core tons are only about 38% of an average weekday."
Gilley said Saturday average daily revenue is roughly…
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