County residents upset by yearly trash fee

By GINA VASSELLI
Item Staff Writer
gvasselli@theitem.com

Although Sumter County passed its $34-a-year fee for solid waste almost five months ago, residents came out in droves to the County Council meeting Tuesday.

More than a dozen people gathered in the back rows of the County Council chambers, expressing their displeasure at the new fee.

The two people who spoke during public comment on behalf of the group were the owners of mobile home parks.

Willy Robertson, the owner of Robertson Mobile Home Park in Dalzell, said he already pays Waste Management to haul off his residents' trash.

"Where does this money go?" he asked council. "Does it go to Waste Management?"

For more on what happened at the County Council meeting, see Thursday's edition of The Item.