Transfer station and landfill future
Summary
Landfill rates rise 2.83% under the operating agreement's formula, and the Board formed an ad hoc committee to untangle the region's confusing waste-management joint powers agreement, with ten years of landfill capacity left.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
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Last discussed Aug 25, 2026.
Impact analysis
Trash rates rise 2.83%; the county will likely spend on an outside negotiator for landfill JPA talks.
The landfill operator receives its contracted adjustment; the region gains coordinated planning for post-landfill waste management.
Ratepayers pay more for landfill service.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Board of Supervisors - Aug 25, 2026
The John Smith Road Landfill has roughly nine years of capacity left, so the county is planning a transfer station, with the Resource Recovery Park site recommended. Building one will likely raise trash rates about 12.5%–18.5% for households, and the board wants all options — including other operators and in-county expansion — kept open.
Board of Supervisors - Aug 11, 2026
Trash rates go up just 0.5% this year, but supervisors warned much bigger increases are coming because of the county's landfill situation.
Board of Supervisors - Jun 9, 2026
Landfill rates rise 2.83% under the operating agreement's formula, and the Board formed an ad hoc committee to untangle the region's confusing waste-management joint powers agreement, with ten years of landfill capacity left.
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