BRODHEAD - Communities interested in having the Green County transfer station pick up their trash at collection locations can look for a letter coming in the next month.
At a regular monthly meeting Thursday, Jan. 9, the Green County Solid Waste Management board authorized transfer station manager Randy Thompson to send out requests for participation in a new program being started. Recycling pickup could be included in the program.
If enough municipalities are interested, board members are considering starting the program as soon as possible using contracted services, at least in the early, start-up period of the program, until investing in a garbage truck.
The letter will also ask interested communities that are already under contract with private companies how soon they would want to sign up for the program.
Monroe Township was one of the first municipalities that inquired about the county station offering such a service to its members. Town of Monroe Supervisor Todd Hasse noted at a board meeting in November that his township was paying for use of the transfer station, but the township's contracted private hauler was not taking advantage of the local facility. Membership in the facility allows any of the municipality's residents to use the facility at a reduced cost.
The new program is being fashioned after a similar program already running in Columbia County, according to Thompson.
The service would be an add-on charge to municipalities' monthly waste bills, but Thompson expects it to be lower than private charges.
The board also received word last week that state grant funds totaling $22,500 was more than enough to cover the program costs of the 2013 Clean Sweep Collection in Green County. That means the county funding budgeted for such programs can be rolled over to cover similar programs in 2014 and 2015. The county has already been granted up to $10,850 in state funds to run a program in 2014.
The Green County Transfer Station operated the Clean Sweep program, which safely disposes of hazardous materials from county farmers and homeowners free of charge, from May 1 to Oct. 31. Small business owners could dispose of hazardous wastes at a reduced cost.
At a regular monthly meeting Thursday, Jan. 9, the Green County Solid Waste Management board authorized transfer station manager Randy Thompson to send out requests for participation in a new program being started. Recycling pickup could be included in the program.
If enough municipalities are interested, board members are considering starting the program as soon as possible using contracted services, at least in the early, start-up period of the program, until investing in a garbage truck.
The letter will also ask interested communities that are already under contract with private companies how soon they would want to sign up for the program.
Monroe Township was one of the first municipalities that inquired about the county station offering such a service to its members. Town of Monroe Supervisor Todd Hasse noted at a board meeting in November that his township was paying for use of the transfer station, but the township's contracted private hauler was not taking advantage of the local facility. Membership in the facility allows any of the municipality's residents to use the facility at a reduced cost.
The new program is being fashioned after a similar program already running in Columbia County, according to Thompson.
The service would be an add-on charge to municipalities' monthly waste bills, but Thompson expects it to be lower than private charges.
The board also received word last week that state grant funds totaling $22,500 was more than enough to cover the program costs of the 2013 Clean Sweep Collection in Green County. That means the county funding budgeted for such programs can be rolled over to cover similar programs in 2014 and 2015. The county has already been granted up to $10,850 in state funds to run a program in 2014.
The Green County Transfer Station operated the Clean Sweep program, which safely disposes of hazardous materials from county farmers and homeowners free of charge, from May 1 to Oct. 31. Small business owners could dispose of hazardous wastes at a reduced cost.