MAYVILLE — Some Chautauqua County landfill fees are going up.

During the county legislature meeting, lawmakers voted 16-2 to increase transfer station and landfill fees, including construction and demolition, asbestos, sludge and municipal solid waste. There were no increases to bag fees.

Legislators Bill Ward, R-Mayville, and Johnathan Penhollow, R-Stockton voted against the resolution.

In last week’s Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting, Penhollow asked to table the resolution but no other members backed his request.

Penhollow noted that the landfill is one of the few entities that all county residents use. “I would like to individually know more about our waste flow, the type of waste, our customers, in county, out of county — those kind of things,” he said.

Pantelis Panteli, deputy director of Public Facilities, expressed concern that if the increases were not enacted, the landfill could generate a deficit. The landfill does not utilize tax dollars from the general fund and is self-funded.

He added that he has talked to a number of businesses that use the landfill so they are aware of the proposed price hikes. “They gave me their feedback. They didn’t have any problems. And I’m doing what I’ve been doing for the past 25 years,” Panteli said.

Legislature Chairman Pierre Chagnon said he would form a “working group” of legislators to better understand how the landfill operates. That group will report back to the Planning and Economic Development Committee. He said he will likely select Penhollow to be a part of that working group.

In the approved resolution the fee structure will be as follows:

TRANSFER STATION FEES

Construction and demolition — cubic yard — from $55 to $60 per ton;

Construction and demolition — scaled weight — from $55 to $60 per ton;

Municipal solid waste — cubic yard — from $40 to $42 per ton;

Municipal Solid Waste — scaled weight — from $40 to $42 per ton.

LANDFILL FEES

Asbestos — friable — from $72 to $80 per ton

Asbestos — Non-friable — from $36.50 to $40 per ton

Construction and demolition — from $36.50 to $40 per ton

Contaminated soil — from $26 to $28 per ton

Municipal solid waste — from $29.50 to $30 per ton

Refractory and annealing sand — from $21.50 to $22 per ton

Sludge — industrial — from $37 to $38 per ton.