Business owners taken off commercial solid waste list

Several people gathered before the Lewis County Commission’s Solid Waste Committee meeting began Monday night to contest their Solid Waste Fees. All committee members were present except for Commissioner Doug Jobbitt.

Jason Drum, owner of Drum’s Tree Service, Paul Potts who paints houses professionally, and Lawrence Boyd who owns Economy Storage all individually told the committee that they wanted out of the commercial waste fee.

Potts said painting does not produce any waste that is not reusable. Drum announced that he had recently bought land so that he could start a burn pile. Boyd said wha...