BY MARK J. CRAWFORD
Telegraph Editor
STARKE — Window decals will once again be used at Bradford County’s solid waste collection sites to verify residency.
County commissioners approved the plan Sept. 21.
County Manager Scott Kornegay said when the solid waste special assessment was recently increased, commissioners received complaints about nonresidents using the county’s solid waste collection sites.
Speaking with the directors public works and solid waste, Jason Dodds and Bennie Jackson, they decided window decals would be an effective way for those using the sites to prove their residency.
Once the decals are ready, residents will have two ways to obtain them.
The first is through the tax collector’s office when residents go in to pay their tax bills, which include the annual solid waste assessment.
Residents will also be able to receive decals at the solid waste collection sites by presenting a copy of their tax assessment. (This option won’t be available to those who rent as site attendants aren’t familiar with all street addresses and cannot assist those without a tax assessment.)
Kornegay said the process was in place some years ago, but it was discontinued.
Commissioner Danny Riddick said he has been “hit hard” by the complaints since the collection site in his district on State Road 100 at County Road 21B is frequently used by individuals who live outside of the county.
“I get a lot of calls on that, people complaining that they go and they see people from Clay County or wherever dumping in there,” he said.
The commission unanimously approved the plan.
The county is working with Showcase Advertising to obtain 15,000 decals for $4,195.
In other business:
—the commission moved its Nov. 16 meeting to Nov. 28 at 6:30 p.m. because of the Florida Association of Counties annual conference.
