Dump fees could go up in March

The Regional Board of Mayors on Monday discussed the possibility of dump rates going up significantly.

The landfill in Ephrata, to where the garbage from the Delano Regional Transfer Station currently ships, hasn’t raised its rates in 12 years.

Those rates could go from $28.31 per ton to $46.76 per ton, or $49.93 after tax, Electric City Mayor Diane Kohout said.

That would result in about $72,000...