July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
District revenue drops (11/16/04)
Lower fee, volume drop cut money coming into JCSWD
A lowered tipping fee and an unexplained drop in the amount of trash dumped in a local landfill meant lower revenue in October for the Jay County Solid Waste District.
The district, which agreed earlier this year to drop the per-ton fee it receives for trash deposited in the Jay County Landfill, received $16,420 in income during October — the first month the lowered fee was in effect.
Members of the district board were told at their monthly meeting Monday that about 13,700 tons of tipping fee-eligible trash went into the landfill last month. That is the third-lowest monthly volume since April of 2003. Board members agreed to lower the per-ton fee to $1.25 from $1.50 at the request of Waste Management, which owns and operates the landfill.
Leon Leach, a district manager for Waste Management, said at the time the lower fee should help the company be more competitive when bidding on large projects. Leach said Monday afternoon there was no clear reason for the decreased volume in October.
The district has about $117,000 its checking account after paying claims and salaries totaling a little more than $30,000 in October. The largest of those claims was one for $20,228.38 to a company for the district’s annual household hazardous waste collection day.
Also Monday, board members established their meeting schedule for 2005. The board will meet the fourth Monday of each month, except for July, at district headquarters, located at 5848 West Ind. 67. July’s meeting will be on the third Monday to avoid a conflict with the Jay County Fair.
District director Kay Hayes told board members that approximately 30 to 40 people attended an open house to celebrate the opening of a new district re-use center. The re-use center, which is located in a pole building at district headquarters, houses items that can be used by a variety of not-for-profit groups or individuals for crafts and other purposes.
In attendance at Monday’s meeting were Jay County Commissioners Mike Leonhard, Gary Theurer and Milo Miller Jr., Portland City Councilman Bill Gibson and Portland Mayor Bruce Hosier
A joint meeting between the waste district board and the district’s citizens advisory committee was scheduled for Monday, but just one of the CAC’s five members was in attendance. The meeting was canceled.[[In-content Ad]]
The district, which agreed earlier this year to drop the per-ton fee it receives for trash deposited in the Jay County Landfill, received $16,420 in income during October — the first month the lowered fee was in effect.
Members of the district board were told at their monthly meeting Monday that about 13,700 tons of tipping fee-eligible trash went into the landfill last month. That is the third-lowest monthly volume since April of 2003. Board members agreed to lower the per-ton fee to $1.25 from $1.50 at the request of Waste Management, which owns and operates the landfill.
Leon Leach, a district manager for Waste Management, said at the time the lower fee should help the company be more competitive when bidding on large projects. Leach said Monday afternoon there was no clear reason for the decreased volume in October.
The district has about $117,000 its checking account after paying claims and salaries totaling a little more than $30,000 in October. The largest of those claims was one for $20,228.38 to a company for the district’s annual household hazardous waste collection day.
Also Monday, board members established their meeting schedule for 2005. The board will meet the fourth Monday of each month, except for July, at district headquarters, located at 5848 West Ind. 67. July’s meeting will be on the third Monday to avoid a conflict with the Jay County Fair.
District director Kay Hayes told board members that approximately 30 to 40 people attended an open house to celebrate the opening of a new district re-use center. The re-use center, which is located in a pole building at district headquarters, houses items that can be used by a variety of not-for-profit groups or individuals for crafts and other purposes.
In attendance at Monday’s meeting were Jay County Commissioners Mike Leonhard, Gary Theurer and Milo Miller Jr., Portland City Councilman Bill Gibson and Portland Mayor Bruce Hosier
A joint meeting between the waste district board and the district’s citizens advisory committee was scheduled for Monday, but just one of the CAC’s five members was in attendance. The meeting was canceled.[[In-content Ad]]
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