Board approves staff, hearing-officer exemptions to mandatory garbage assessment

County staff presented a booklet of exemption recommendations for the mandatory garbage and recycling assessment, organized into sections for previously granted exemptions, new requests, hearing-officer approvals and denials.

David Gregory said staff had reviewed prior exemptions and new requests and that this year's hearing officer, Taylor Simmons, recommended approvals where criteria were met. "Section 1 contains previously granted exemptions that have been reviewed by staff and have been determined to still meet the criteria and are recommended for exemption again," Gregory said. He told the board there were no appeals this year for Sections 3 or 4.

The board moved to accept staff and hearing-officer recommendations and approved the exemptions unanimously. The approvals were procedural and tied to criteria in the county code and the appeals process overseen by the designated hearing officer.