PRINCESS ANNE — Following an earlier vote last month the County Commissioners have formally approved by resolution to increase the annual transfer station sticker fee from $60 to $64 effective July 1 with Commissioner Darryl Webster again abstaining.

As it has been since fiscal year 2021 there is no discount for a second sticker for the same household.

For commercial, municipal and Sanitary District waste weighed at the landfill the tipping fee stays the same at $75 per ton.

The fee for car tires is also unchanged at $4 for passenger tires, $12 for truck tires and $100 per ton for heavy equipment tires.

On Smith Island, owners of improved property will continue to be charged $60. The trash disposal fee in 2019 was raised from $48 to $60 to match what mainland customers paid.

Commissioners discussed the idea of assessing improved properties on the mainland similarly rather than sell stickers but that would require General Assembly approval as this set-up is exclusively for Smith Island.

This would also open up a conversation on what do to with residents who live in the two municipalities, who pay for curbside garbage pickup either through fees, taxes or a combination of the two, with Crisfield residents having the privilege to opt out.

The Smith Island fee, reported as $40 in the March 20 edition of the County Times, was based on a remark by Charles Cavanaugh, the director of Solid Waste and Drainage, who only later realized it was an error.