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*** A note to the Town of Elba residents ***
At the September meeting, the Elba Town Board voted unanimously to discontinue refuse and recycling collection service at the Town transfer station at the end of the year.
For more than a decade, the Town transfer station has operated at an annual deficit. Revenues have not offset the operating expenses.
Over the past few years, the Town Board has made attempts to decrease the expenses (decreasing the hours and negotiating to reduce the dumpster service costs) and increase the revenues (increasing the fee per garbage bag and charging for “dump day”) to narrow the deficit gap, but our town budget can no longer afford to subsidize this service.
Less than 100 Town of Elba households purchase garbage bag “punch-cards” every year. To help these town residents choose a refuse disposal service, we have obtained information from three area refuse collection businesses.
Watch for yard waste disposal information in the spring of 2012.
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