Business owner Brad Clem questions county dumping fees for residential trash

Brad Clem, listed as the first public commenter on the Screven County meeting agenda, asked why his business is being charged dumping fees for residential trash when residents’ taxes already cover trash pickup and the company Allgreen is paid to collect that waste.

"Discuss why his business is being charged dumping fees for residential trash when it is also being paid for by the same residents’ taxes but Allgreen is paid to pick up the same trash by you," the agenda text records as Clem’s item. The transcript provided is limited to the agenda entry and does not capture any response from the Board of Commissioners or staff in the available material.

The agenda places Clem’s concern under the public-comment section; it does not specify whether commissioners or staff answered the question during the meeting, nor does it list follow-up directions, a motion, or a staff assignment. Dollar amounts, ordinance citations or the specific fee schedule Clem referenced were not specified in the agenda text.

Because the record supplied is an agenda excerpt, further detail — including the county’s official policy on commercial dumping fees, whether exemptions exist, or whether Allgreen’s contract covers commercial versus residential hauling — is not in the transcript and would need to be confirmed with county staff or meeting minutes.