The saga of the Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District and the closing of the NABORS waste hauling operation and landfill in Baxter County continues with a new ruling by Judge Tim Fox in Pulaski County Circuit Court. Judge Fox has ruled the $18 fee collected by the solid waste district is not an illegal exaction and the district will have to come up with a plan within 120 days to pay the money collected to the bondholders, essentially ending the payouts to taxpayers in Baxter, Marion, Searcy, Boone, Newton and Carroll counties.
Matt Bishop is an attorney in Fayetteville. He along with his wife, Wendy Howerton, also an attorney, filed a series of class-action lawsuits in the Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District’s six counties beginning in May 2018 to help taxpayers get some of their money back that was paid to the solid waste district as an annual assessment fee which the lawyers claim could not be imposed since the district was not providing a service.
Bishop joined Brad Haworth during the news at 7 Wednesday morning to talk about Judge Fox’s ruling and what it means for taxpayers in the six counties.
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Here are links to previous stories:
Refunds for NABORS fees showing up in mailboxes
1st round of landfill tax refunds expected in early 2022
Judge’s order stops collection of $18 landfill tax
End of the annual $18 trash fee debt collection appears in sight
Troubled solid waste district getting ‘new’ leadership
Who picks up the tab with 1 less county in solid waste district?
Methvin Sanitation sues solid waste districts regarding fees
ADEQ says Ozark Mtn. Solid Waste Districts financial collapse unavoidable
NABORS landfill closure finally underway
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