The Marion County Board of Commissioners meets Wednesday to consider a contract with a Salem company to continue operating a garbage and recycling facility at least another four years.
County staff negotiated the new contract with Republic Services to operate the Salem-Keizer Recycling and Transfer Station, which receives and transports trash and recyclables from customers throughout Marion County, through September 2027 – with optional extensions through September 2032. The county’s existing agreement expires on Friday.
Under the new contract, Marion County would contribute up to $1 million in funding for “essential capital improvements to the facility,” according to the agenda item. The facility is located at 3250 Deer Park Dr. S.E. in Salem.
The board will also consider reappointing Joel Conder as a fair board member and Colleen Busch and Rebecca Turner as key volunteers to the Marion County Fair Board. Their terms would last through 2025.
Commissioners will have a second reading on changing the permit requirements for construction or other activity that exposes soil. The threshold for requiring a permit would change from 1 acre of disturbed ground to 1/4 of an acre.
No public hearings are scheduled.
Meeting details: The commissioners meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Senator Hearing Room at 555 Court Street N.E. Anyone can sign up to give public comment in-person at the meeting. The meeting is streamed live on YouTube.
Contact reporter Ardeshir Tabrizian: [email protected] or 503-929-3053.
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Ardeshir Tabrizian has covered criminal justice and housing for Salem Reporter since September 2021. As an Oregon native, his award-winning watchdog journalism has traversed the state. He has done reporting for The Oregonian, Eugene Weekly and Malheur Enterprise.
