New Refuse Agreement Likely

DAYTON—The City of Dayton and Columbia County have entered into talks with Basin Disposal, Inc. to develop a plan for BDI to process refuse at the transfer station in Dayton.

The county has also been discussing whether to repair the old facility, or to build a new one, after a fire at the transfer facility in July, 2015 destroyed most of its equipment and seriously damaged the integrity of the main building.

Darrick Dietrich, president of BDI, and Dayton Mayor Craig George were on hand at the County Commissioners’ regular meeting last week to discuss the idea of bringing BDI on as the new haul...