Mayors approve raise in dumping rates

People may note a bit more of pinch when they haul that Saturday load to the dump, beginning next summer when prices go up slightly.

The Regional Board of Mayors last week approved a raise in transfer station dumping rates from 6.2 cents a pound to 6.7 cents.

City Administrator of Electric City, Russ Powers, who prepared a proposed budget for the RBOM, said the income of the transfer station simpl...