NORTH COUNTY : Supervisors Seek Trash Commitments
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday asked for long-term commitments from cities wishing to ship their trash to county landfills, threatening to levy a surcharge on those that don’t sign agreements by Oct. 1.
Seeking to determine how much money will be available to finance costly landfill expansions and recycling programs, the supervisors voted to ask cities for commitments that could run as long as 20 years, according to Chief Administrative Officer David Janssen.
The county is seeking to lock in revenue from tipping fees paid by cities that send trash to county landfills in order to finance the projects, Janssen said.
The cities of Oceanside, Carlsbad and Escondido have at times been critical of the county’s solid waste operation and have threatened to explore alternatives such as sending trash out of the county.
Under the proposal offered by Supervisor Brian Bilbray, cities that are not at least making a good-faith effort to negotiate a long-term agreement by Oct. 1 would be subject to surcharges on trash-dumping fees.
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