The high cost of maintaining the village’s chipping program could chop down the once-popular program, officials said last week.
The 2-year-old program has proven to be costly for the village, Mayor Betty Cheever said. While residents pay two $1.50 yard-waste stickers per carload (or four stickers per truckload) of brush dropped off at the village’s chipping site near Belmont Road, it costs the village about $22 to chip each carload of brush.
The chips are offered to residents at no cost.
Last year, the program cost the village about $28,000. About $14,500 was to chip brush brought in from residents. The stickers accompanying the brush brought in slightly more than $1,300, officials said.
Commissioners Marilyn Schnell and Gregory Vogler said they support the program, but Schnell said the village could consider hiking the price charged for brush collection to offset the cost of the chipping program.
Village Council members are expected to review the issue at a Nov. 29 meeting.
