Dive summary:

• A new audit by City Auditor Craig Kinton, found that over the past 10 years, over $1.1 million has slipped through the cracks for a Dallas landfill because of loose regulations and even worse enforcing of those regulations.
• The city annually generates $17 million in fees paid by haulers so the lost money only represents a fraction of the total income, however, Dallas officials say they greatly need any additional possible income.
• The auditor found that some trucks weren’t properly verified so they didn’t pay the full fee and checkpoints were not always attended, so some haulers didn’t pay at all.

From the article:

There's more loose at the McCommas Bluff Landfill than trash –– it's also the money.

A new audit by City Auditor Craig Kinton has found more than $1 million lost at the landfill over the past 10 years.

The city takes trash and turns it into treasure; fees paid by haulers annually dump $17 million into the city's general fund. But the just-released audit found the city could get more. City Council members like Sandy Greyson are not happy. ...