Solid Waste Department proposes rate increases for commercial services

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Businesses whose trash the county picks up from large rented containers on their premises will soon be getting a notice informing them of a proposed rate increase for the pick-up service. Robbie Slack, director of the Jefferson County Solid Waste Department, recently told the Jefferson County Commission that his operation could no longer afford to continue providing the service at the current rates. Slack told the board that he had been shocked to learn t