GRRWA Director Fired

Fort Madison, IA – The director of the Great River Regional Waste Authority has been dismissed. The waste authority commission has fired Tim Yoder, effective immediately. Yoder had been on paid leave for nearly 2 months. Chairman Steve Ireland says the position will remain vacant for the time being. He says this was another step in improving operations at the waste authority. The firing of Yoder is the latest response to a state audit that found questionable spending at the waste authority. That audit prompted the Fort Madison City Council to suspend waste management fee payments to the waste authority. The council has said changes, including the firing of Yoder, must take place before the payments would resume. Lee County has given Fort Madison until September 6 to resume the payments, or face a civil lawsuit. The county is liable if the landfill cannot make its final debt payments.