Officials review transfer station staffing, utilities and disposal fees; keep budget at manager recommendation

Budget reviewers examined the transfer station budget and its unique funding source; participants said most of the station's costs come from the station's own receipts rather than the county general fund, and they left staffing and utility lines largely unchanged. The meeting noted three workers are budgeted for the facility and that the manager currently makes a dollar more per hour than other workers.

"So the transfer station workers is 3 of them," S1 said while discussing whether to separate a distinct manager line. Participants indicated it would be administratively simpler to leave the pay pooled in a single line because shift hours vary and the manager might work widely differing hours week to week. Disposal fees and annual management fees were discussed as areas where unspent money returns to the fund and helps stabilize future budgets.