Boyceville back in the solid waste and recycling business
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For many years Dunn County has been the leader in collecting solid waste and recyclable items for county residents at a number of locations throughout the county, including one at Boyceville and others in several townships.
Dunn County has previously notified all municipalities that because of cost increases and the low prices they received for recycling items that a large increase in the cost of operating the county system would go into effect next year. The county asked all involved if they would stay with the county or find another way to collect waste and recyclables.
Last month the Boyceville Village Board voted to remain with the county in their operations. But, apparently, Boyceville was one of only a few municipalities within the county that wanted to stay with the county operation. So the county has opted to get out of the Solid Waste and Recycling business.
The Village Board held a special meeting on Monday evening; August 31 to discuss options they might have to provide services to the village residents. At the meeting were about 13 visitors; most of them were elected officials from neighboring municipalities.
The group spent more than an hour discussing the problem and how they may proceed with handling the waste and recycling items. They talked about doing their own with local pickup by a contractor, or running a site to allow residents to bring the items to a central location and going together with other municipalities to a central location, and some of the costs to provide that service.
Village President Gib Krueger stated that, “There is not going to be a Dunn County Solid Waste site next year.” The solid waste and recycling site at Boyceville is owned by the village”, Krueger noted, but the “equipment there is owned by the county”. He questioned if the county would sell the equipment and what the cost would be and wondered about paying for it, “because we may already have paid for it,” he commented. It was the feeling of the group that they could do the job cheaper than the county.
The Village Board took action on three items regarding the solid waste and recycling program. First they turned down the invitation to join Dunn County Special Program regarding non-mandated non-recycling items.
Next they voted to do their own administrative work for the program and not have the county to the work which the county would charge $9.73 per person in the village. They then voted to take action to become a Solid Waste/Recycling unit and proceed to try to buy the county equipment at the Boyceville site.
Krueger commenting that the village should invite neighboring communities to use our facility. But they yet have to find out what the costs will be to start up their own site and what the operational costs will be.
