A new 28E agreement for recycling was recently approved by two governmental entities in Greene County.
The new agreement replaces an older version that the Greene County Board of Supervisors terminated this past January. The certified letter that was sent to the city, as per the agreement stipulations, did not specify the reasons for termination with the city, who is providing the recycling services to the county.
However, during a Supervisors meeting on January 12th, County Attorney Thomas Laehn outlined some of the reasons as that the city did not present the Board with a budget by the January 1st deadline and it was unclear if the 28E agreement was filed with the Secretary of State’s Office.
The two sides negotiated as the previous agreement was extended to March 31st, but then both sides approved an updated version of the 28E. Supervisor Chair Dawn Rudolph gives an overview of the situation.
“Well just after reviewing the agreement that we were in, just some things didn’t quite fit. All the towns aren’t, basically, created equal, they all have different ways their doing the recycling. So this was cleaning it up and making it more, just site specific around the county and making sure we are providing the services that we need for our rural residents that they have a place to take their recycling. I think it will be a good step moving forward to work with the city of Jefferson.”
Some of the highlights with the new 28E agreement includes the cost per dump instead of a per capita basis, with a maximum expenditure of $25,000; the budget would be lined up for the fiscal year instead of a calendar year and it is a three-year agreement. Jefferson City Administrator Scott Peterson explains the reasoning behind that new detail.
“We had agreed then that we can hold that cost per dump at the same level here for the three years and get a three year commitment out of that. Kind of a win-win, I think, for everybody.”
The Supervisors also approved two additional 28E agreements with the cities of Grand Junction and Scranton, to allow for one dumpster for the incorporated and unincorporated residents to utilize in those communities, with the county charged 50 percent of the total cost per quarter from the cities or up to $4,000 annually. The Scranton City Council approved the same agreement, and it is still pending with the Grand Junction City Council.
Click the link below to see the new 28E agreement between Greene County and the city of Jefferson.