3/14/19 – 12:04 P.M.

The sudden closure of G.I.B.S Sanitary Services left nearly 1,000 customers without service, and the company with nearly $100,000 in unpaid landfill fees. Commissioner Tim Bechtol says while the county filed a lawsuit late last year, they’ve been working to collect the fees for much longer…

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Commissioner Mark Gazarek adds that the commissioners learned about the situation in October. They asked the prosecutor’s office to take action in November…

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Gazarek says that given the company had nearly 1,000 customers they could have piled up landfill fees fast.

The case had a pretrial hearing this morning.