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Sunday, February 06, 2011
Local Gov't. - "Lake County's waste inspires move for statewide trash agency reforms"
A very long story today in the NWI Times, reported by Marc Chase, begins:
An inflated director's salary, bloated budget and trash-to-ethanol controversy of the Lake County Solid Waste Management District are helping motivate a move to reform such agencies statewide, a downstate senator says.The SWMD bill is SB 565.Indiana Sen. Beverly Gard, R-Greenfield, is sponsoring a bill that would eliminate the ability of state solid waste districts to impose property taxes and would place all funding authority for such agencies in the hands of the state.
The bill also would make funding amounts dependent on district populations and would reset priorities of the agencies with an emphasis on providing education on waste disposal and recycling.
Though it's headed for summer study session and will not receive debate in the General Assembly in the current session, the bill has opened a debate regarding the efficiency and effectiveness of the state's solid waste districts.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 6, 2011 11:52 AM
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