Richard Moody is reporting for Columbia-Greene Media Columbia County officials are discussing the possibility of banning single-use plastic bags. The matter is currently under consideration by the county Board of Supervisors County Government Committee at the urging of Hudson 4th Ward Supervisor Linda Mussmann. Ulster County Executive Michael Hein signed a similar ban in that county into law on October 18. Board of Supervisors Chairman Matthew Murell suggested this week the county take a step back and wait to see what the state does during the upcoming legislative session. A ban proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in April went nowhere, and several bills introduced in the state Assembly and Senate did not move forward before the session ended in June. The supervisors agreed that something has to be done to move away from the use of single-use plastic bags, but disagreed on how that should be done. “I think this should start with the stores,” said Stuyvesant Town Supervisor Ronald Knott. “They can charge a fee for plastic bags and push people to use reusable bags.” Read the full story at HudsonValley360 [dot] com.