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Commissioners approve higher solid-waste rates, effective Nov. 1 for 2026 tax year
Summary
After staff updates, commissioners voted 3-0 to adopt Resolution 25-09 with amended rates — residential $180, annual commercial/industrial $320, business/industrial billed by tonnage $78/ton, construction/demolition $60/ton — effective Nov. 1, 2025 for the 2026 tax collection year.
Public Works Director Chris Smith presented an edited draft of Resolution 25-09 that clarified language and corrected typographical errors. Commissioner Carla Grund, citing budget review and the need to cover actual solid-waste costs, proposed amended rates: residential $180.00, annual commercial and industrial $320.00, business/industrial billed by tonnage $78.00/ton, and construction/demolition material $60.00/ton. The board voted 3-0 to approve Resolution 25-09 as amended.
The revised rates are recorded in the minutes as effective Nov. 1, 2025, for collection in the 2026 tax year. The motion to adopt the resolution was recorded in the minutes as: "To approve Resolution 25-09 as amended on Attachment A." Commissioner Grund moved the motion and Commissioner Duane Morris seconded it; vote recorded 3-0 in favor.
