The Huron City Commission set June 27th as the date to accept bids for the transportation and disposal of old tires. City Planner Ralph Borkowski says the city is working on having a county-wide tire collection later this year, funded with a grant from the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources…
Solid Waste Superintendent Dale Fortin laid out the timeline for the collection…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/06/oldtires2.mp3|titles=oldtires2]The waste tire collection will be open to all residents of Beadle County. A date for the collection has not been set. The 100-thousand dollar grant from the DENR is a 100-percent grant meaning the city and county will not have to match or pay back the funds.