Regional solid-waste authority explains fee formula, flags shared costs
Staff explained that solid-waste administrative fees are assessed as a percentage of tonnage using six months of data to project the remaining year; counties with higher tonnage pay larger shares, and landfill and convenience-site costs are combined on one invoice.
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At a regional services meeting, staff described how the regional solid-waste authority calculates budgets and allocates costs across participating counties. A staff member said the authority uses the first six months of tonnage to forecast the rest of the year and sets an administrative fee as a percentage of that tonnage, meaning higher-tonnage counties carry larger fees.
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