Solid waste fee may rise $20 to offset MT City site upgrade

The Jefferson County Commission on Feb. 4 agreed to consider increasing the annual solid waste fee by $20 to $149.69. A public hearing on the matter is expected to be held later this month.

Brian Hohn, manager of the county’s solid waste department, said $15.58 of the increase would be applied to the $800,000 loan the county incurred for upgrading the Montana City solid waste facility and the required 10% reserve on the loan.

The rest would help pay district-wide operation and maintenance costs, he said.