Councillors voted for the change at last week's ordinary meeting, along with the decision to permanently take over management of the facility from the Breeza Progress Association.

It is the only facility not managed by the council, and it reasoned that taking over management permanently would ensure "the same quality service and environmental standards implemented across the shire".

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Councillor Gae Swain moved the motion, saying she was "behind it" after hearing, before the meeting, what the changes would entail.

"We had a very good discussion earlier on and a very good workshop where it was clearly explained the reasoning behind it, and I think it's a good move so I'm happy to get behind it," she said at the meeting.

The recommendation for the council to manage the facility was originally put to councillors in April.

They deferred a decision after the progress association's Gail Taber asked them to consider putting it back in that group's hands. The association ran the facility for 10 years, until November 2018.

At the April meeting, Mrs Taber told councillors that it invested the funds back into the community and on Monday, told the NVI that the council's decision last week was "a bitter blow to the community of Breeza".

"I would have loved to have seen us keep it. We could have done a lot with the money in the village to improve it," she said.

"We had nine people prepared to run [the facility] and be trained.

"[But] I can understand council have got to work in the bounds of legality and there are rules they've got to run by, too.

"I'd like to thank the council for the opportunity they gave us to run the tip in the past."

Mrs Taber said she was concerned a mobile collection service would increase costs for community members, but the council told the NVI there would be no changes in fees or hours of operation.

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