Scott County supervisors reject motion to task administrator with countywide trash enforcement plan

The Scott County Board of Supervisors heard more than an hour of public comment April 1 focused on roadside litter, trash-site management and volunteer cleanup programs before debating a staff-directed enforcement plan that the board ultimately rejected.

Mister Dingus opened the citizen's comment period with a decade-long tally of cleanup work, telling the board the county and volunteers had removed roughly "600,000 pounds of roadside litter" since 2016 and urging more education, billboards and school outreach to reduce future waste. Other residents proposed more signage, bear-proof receptacles at major recreation sites and re-staffing convenience centers on busy weekend days.

Following public remarks, a supervisor moved that County Administrator Wilson develop "a plan to manage ordinance violations at county trash convenience centers and to recruit trained personnel to manage inmates while picking up trash on countywide roadsides," including clearer enforcement at unmanned sites. Supporters argued the motion would create an enforceable framework; critics said staffing and 24/7 coverage would be expensive and could reduce convenience for residents.

The board took a roll-call vote after a request for the record. The roll call recorded five supervisors opposed and two in favor, and the motion failed. According to the roll-call read at the meeting, Eddie Skeen (District 3) and Danny Castile (District 5) voted yes; Daryl Jeter (District 1), Michelle Glover (District 2), Michael Brickey (District 4), Chris Maness (District 6) and Stephanie Addington (at-large) voted no.

Meanwhile, the board approved two more limited, immediate actions during the public-comment period. The board voted to give the Duffield Days Committee $2,000 from contingency funds after a request from Courtney Studo to help replace a lost private sponsor. In addition, supervisors discussed continuing investment in billboards and school outreach as lower-cost prevention measures.

What happens next: the motion to require an administrator'led plan failed, but supervisors asked staff and existing committees to continue exploring options. Several speakers urged the board to revisit the issue with more detailed cost estimates and a report back to the trash committee.