By a vote of 10 to 5, a resolution passed the Washington County Board of Supervisors on September 21st, to retain an attorney and spend roughly $3,000 on a request for proposals for the sale or lease of the five county owned transfer stations including the one located in Whitehall. Supervisor Robert Banks of Dresden was one of the five votes against the resolution.
This could lead to the stations either being sold or leased to a private garbage collection company. Other options could include changing the way the county presently runs them or making no changes and running them as they have been in the past.
The county has been losing money for years on the transfer stations as more and more county residents have been opting to hire private trash haulers who bypass the county facilities.