Oktibbeha County raises garbage fee by $1 amid $1 million landfill cost
Oktibbeha - The vote came during an August 4, 2026, meeting of the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors. Wayne Garrett, identified in the meeting as county administrator, told the board that the county's solid waste enterprise fund has run only about a $600 monthly surplus over the past nine months. "Well it's entirely up to this board in that we are going to have to come up with roughly a million dollars to decommission that landfill," Garrett said, according to the meeting. He added that the solid waste fund currently holds a little over $700,000.
Supervisors discussed but did not adopt a larger increase before approving the $1 rise unanimously.
The fee increase comes as the board weighs how to cover a landfill decommissioning liability whose full size remains uncertain, based on the discussion recorded at the meeting. The solid waste fund's thin monthly surplus, combined with the roughly $1 million estimate for the county's share of decommissioning costs, means the $1-per-household increase addresses only part of a larger unresolved obligation. Supervisors' consideration of a bigger increase, which they ultimately declined to adopt, suggests the board itself is not settled on how much revenue the fund will ultimately need.