Besides commissioners' overall concern with the ordinance, Stearns questioned if the public hearing had been
properly advertised to the public. McConn said notices were placed in the newspapers, the date was approved in the
Commissioners kicked off the discussion by again noting their
concerns over the language, especially penalties for self-haulers, which was a change in the MPCA letter
requested in February. There is a recommended exemption for self-haulers who take waste to another county if the facility is also a resource recovery facility, as noted in a letter from attorney Stoel Rives that McConn referenced. This language is not included in the ordinance.