The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved increasing fees by almost 9% across-the-board for dumping rights at Riverside County landfills, as well as hiking a range of charges for trash disposal connected to individual items, including tires and televisions during its Tuesday, May 24, meeting.Hans Kernkamp, director of the county Department of Waste Resources, sought the fee adjustments as part of the agency’s annual cost modification plan in response to new state regulations, capital improvements, staff expenses and inflation.The latter has been at the forefront of several board hearings, and will likely factor into the upcoming 2022-2023 budget hearings for more than three dozen county agencies.Supervisor Kevin Jeffries believed that the department’s request for f
