The Summit Board of County Commissioners on have unanimously approved a resolution to establish a new disposal district in unincorporated Summit County, a move meant to bolster the regulation of solid waste collection and disposal. While the special district’s establishment will change little initially, it will allow the county to consolidate and integrate all of its solid waste rules and regulations into one regulatory document, and officials said it would allow the county to better meet its goals related to sustainability down the line.
“The development of the district would allow for us to better deliver on some of the goals that were identified as we pursued the 1A ballot measure in relationship to recycling efforts and in relation to attempts to try to reduce and limit the amount of solid waste that was going to the landfill,” Assistant County Manager Bentley Henderson said. “These are all things the district would allow us to do.”
The change will take place only in unincorporated areas of the county. Towns will be excluded from the district along with property valued in excess of $25,000 that is used for manufacturing, mining, railroad or industrial purposes.