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Board approves partial fee waiver for Trinity County Fair, declines full waiver
Summary
The Trinity County Board granted a staff-recommended partial waiver of solid-waste disposal fees for the Trinity County Fair but did not approve the full fee waiver requested. The board waived the municipal disposal portion and left the dumpster drop fees to the Fair Association.
The Trinity County Fair Association asked the board to waive county solid-waste and dumpster drop fees for the upcoming fair, a request that staff calculated at about $8,640 in total.
County staff recommended splitting the cost: the county would waive the municipal solid-waste disposal fee and the Fair would pay the dumpster drop fee. The board debated a full waiver versus the partial approach. One supervisor moved to waive the full amount but the motion failed on a 3-2 vote; the board then approved the staff recommendation to waive the county's municipal disposal fee while leaving the dumpster drop fee (approx. $3,520) as the Fair's responsibility.
Fair representatives described constrained budgets, volunteer efforts to keep the fair running, and plans to scale the event; staff noted the county had provided one-time support earlier in the year and emphasized the need to reflect operating costs in county accounting while supporting community events.
The board majority said splitting the fee preserves county transparency of operating costs while continuing support for the fair; supervisors stressed the importance of the fair to community culture and encouraged attendees to support the event.
