Franklin County signs off on solid waste management work plan

County commissioners this week signed the annual solid waste management work plan which will help offset the costs of handling local solid waste.

The work plan spells out the activities that will be undertaken using state grant money.

The grant used to provide Franklin County over 277 thousand dollars to help fund its solid waste operations, but in recent years the grant amount has fallen to just 70 thousand dollars.

The money is provided annually to the 34 Florida counties with fewer than 100 thousand residents.

Commissioners expect to see the amount drop even further as the state requires counties to take on more of the cost of operating their landfills.

So far the cuts have not had a major impact on day to day operations at the landfill, but the county is concerned that at some point the state cuts will force the county to either spend more local tax dollars at the landfill or to begin cutting services.

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