Household hazardous waste here in Morongo Basin will be on the agenda when county supervisors meet at 10 a.m. in San Bernardino tomorrow. Reporter Mike Lipsitz is here to get to the bottom of it…
There is just one item of consequence exclusively to our Morongo Basin on tomorrow’s long agenda. It is retroactive acceptance of a $239,000 grant awarded by the CalRecycle to upgrade the Joshua Tree Household Hazardous Waste collection facility. The grant will fund an asphalt overlay at the collection facility as well as construction of a pre-fabricated steel canopy to provide a covered work area. Operated by the County Fire Department, the facility is on the south side of the highway just east of downtown Joshua Tree. It is open on the third Saturday of every month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Morongo Basin residents to drop off motor oil, poisons, fertilizers, old medicines, pool chemicals, and other hazardous waste for free proper disposal. These items cannot be thrown in regular trash and should never be poured on the ground or down drains.
Tomorrow’s meeting streams online and to the first-floor teleconferencing room in the County Government Center on White Feather Road in Joshua Tree where public comment may be made via live video link.
In other County news, when the 2020 Census is done, Fontana is poised to emerge as the new most populous city in San Bernardino County, replacing the city of San Bernardino, which has long held that distinction and prestige as the county seat.
