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Charlevoix County to hold one Household Hazardous Waste event in June after budget shortfall concerns
Summary
Facing projected budget overages for Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collections, the Charlevoix County Board approved holding a single two-day HHW event June 5' at the County Road Commission garage, estimating about a $20,000 overage (versus a $98,000 projected overage if two events were held).
The Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners on April 8 voted to host a single Household Hazardous Waste collection event June 5 and 6 at the County Road Commission garage on Shaw Road, citing limited funding for the program.
Board members discussed projections showing that holding two HHW events this year would produce an estimated $98,000 overage, and that limiting collections to one two-day event would lower the overage to about $20,000. Commissioner Tim Kenney moved the proposal, and Commissioner Annemarie Conway seconded it; the board approved the motion by a 4-0 roll call.
The board agreed that next year's HHW event will be held in Boyne City. The decision was framed as a budget-management step: the transcript records concern about continuing overages given limited funding rather than a permanent program change.
Other items on the agenda included staff presentations and earlier discussion of parking enforcement and Beaver Island lighthouse repair bids; those items were for discussion or slated for future agendas and were not decided in this vote.
