City hikes landfill fee for businesses

AUBURN -- Businesses will be paying more over the next year to dump high volumes of solid waste at the city landfill.

Auburn City Council unanimously approved Thursday a resolution to raise rates by 7 percent for five conrtractors that use the dump. The resolution also authorizes the city to contract with two new firms and the Village of Weedsport for use of the landfill.

The contracts will charge the companies and municipalities between $38 and $44.50 for each ton of solid waste, and the contractors are each expected to dump volumes of trash ranging from 150 to 4,000 tons, depending on the contract.