The city of Mt. Carmel is offering area tree trimming contractors the opportunity to dump their brush at the city’s brush harbor for a yearly fee. At Monday’s City Council meeting, Commissioner Chandler Madden said an agreement with a Lawrenceville-based contractor hasn’t been fulfilled. Wayne’s Tree Service was allowed to dump brush at the city’s site in exchange for grinding stumps for the city.

Mayor Joe Judge said it’s been at least a year since Wayne’s has upheld their end of the agreement. Now, any tree trimming contractor will be able to dump their brush for a yearly fee of $3,000. Judge said Mt. Carmel is one of the few municipalities that has EPA approval to burn its’ brush pile.