Commissioners debate replacing precinct 'trash days' with voucher system; item tabled
After a multi-hour debate, the Gregg County Commissioners Court considered a health-department proposal to replace precinct 'trash days' with a countywide voucher program intended to cut costs by about $200,000 annually. Commissioners raised concerns about fraud, supervision, and legal fund sources; the court tabled the item for further study.
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Commissioners spent the meeting's longest block evaluating a proposal from the health department to offer trash vouchers to residents instead of holding periodic precinct 'trash days.' The health department outlined a model of 500 vouchers per cleanup (three cleanups a year) at the city rate of $33.12 per voucher, estimated at $16,560 per cleanup and $49,680 annually if all vouchers were used. The presenter, AJ of the health department, said the voucher would cover “1 voucher covers 3 cubic yards or 1 covered truck about 2,000 pounds.”
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