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Cost is another factor. The county spends more than $100,000 of its $180,000 contract with Community Trash to service the dumpster sites. The contract expires in the fall. How much of that trash is being dumped by cars without county stickers, no one knows, but undoubtedly some of comes across the Warren County Line into Huntly. Closing the sites, or establishing one central site, will certainly save some money.
Supervisor Mike Massie, Hampton District, pointed out in a recent meeting that Culpeper operates a landfill only, no dumpster sites, and that Rappahannock’s entire operation could possibly be privatized. However, due to the location of the landfill in Amissville, he would be asking residents of large portions of the county to make 50-plus-miles round trips to take out the trash. That goes beyond an inconvenience and would constitute a hardship. Even if a site were established near Washington, the Huntly and Scrabble sites would still be valued. As to privatization, as we said above, trash disposal is one of the few functions of county government that benefits us all. Making it even less convenient would be, in our opinion, unwise. And we doubt the savings would be substantial in any event.
The legal liability issue does not hold water. The cost concerns are real, but acceptable. The need for a new site is questionable. If the dumpster sites are to be closed, it will take a more compelling argument to show us why. We hope the supervisors Mali delay this move for a couple of years. The reasons to delay action on this issue are numerous. The reasons to act now are not.
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