Dumpsters

Dumpsters

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“If it keeps being an albatross and keeps costing the county money, we will have to close it,” Col. Bingham said “We have to separate the tires, then they have to be stacked, and then the county has to pay $3 each to have them taken away.”

He suggested that the county charge those who leave tires or appliances, noting that the county also pays $300 per load of appliances taken away.

“If it’s Rappahannock County trash, you can’t charge to take it,” Mr. Gilkey protested. “That would be double taxation. They would be paying taj^es for the landfill and then pay for the landfill to take the trash.”

“On the surface, you’re right,” Col. Bingham said. “We’ve got to see how other counties do it.” He said he knew of people being charged extra to have tires and appliances picked up. “We need to reduce taxes for everyone and make the person who’s generating that kind of trash pay for it.”

“I don’t have any problem with what you’ve said in theory,” Mr. Gilkey said. “I went the other day and had four tires put on my truck. I paid him one dollar per tire to keep the old ones. We’re facing this now because we haven’t been in the landfill business before. Every other county around us is facing the same problem.”

“The only thing is to start a campaign to do the best we can to minimize it for the next two years,” Col. Bingham said. “We need to talk to people to see how they are solving their problems. Whatever we do will have to be tailored for our specific situation. We need to start right now so when the three-year contract is over, we already know what our decision is going to be.”

“I would be in favor of holding meetings in each district,” Mr. Gilkey said. “Tell them what we want them to do.”

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