County ponders new tactics against illegal dumping
by Mark Cowling | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune
The Pinal County Board of Supervisors was asked to include $25,000 in its new fiscal year budget to pay rewards of up to $500 each for people who provide information leading to the successful prosecution of illegal dumpers.
“What do we have to lose? Let’s try it, be innovative,” Supervisor Jeff Serdy, R-Apache Junction, said. The board took no action Wednesday.
Pinal County Attorney Kent Volkmer said the county used to have an award-winning program to fight desert dumping, but it was defunded during the recession. The program as it exists today has not been effective, Volkmer told the board.
