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Commissioners hear concerns about struggling county recycling center and tipping fees
Summary
Officials discussed reports that a recycling center is losing money, questioned how tipping fees and reimbursements are handled, and asked staff to invite the center operator to explain options; commissioners flagged a recent payment of $86 on a load that should have returned around $1,400.
Chair (Speaker 2) raised a mayor’s report that the local recycling center is not doing well and that the operation may be losing money; commissioners debated whether the county should continue supporting the service. "They still only paid them $86 for the whole load versus $1,400 is what it should," one commissioner said, describing a recent low payment after a truck handled a bales-on-pallets shipment.
Speakers reviewed the county’s recycling budget (noted in the meeting as $25,000 planned for 2026) and references to prior expenditures (a printed year-end report showing about $29,000 paid last year). Commissioners asked staff to contact Mitchell County and others with successful programs to see potential operational improvements and asked the recycling center operator to appear at a future meeting to explain sales, contract arrangements and handling of tipping fees.
No new county appropriation or formal action was adopted; commissioners directed staff to invite the operator and to clarify how tipping fees and reimbursements have been handled historically.
