WINNEBAGO COUNTY (WIFR) -- Financial help could soon be on the way for Winnebago County Residents and high school students looking to continue their education.

Winnebago County Board Member Frank Gambino wants to use money raised from landfill host fees to go towards an endowment fund for education and career training.

A host fee is money collected from outside communities that dump trash in our landfill. Winnebago County receives about $3 million a year from those fees. Gambino says using that money to help fund higher education in the long run will help our economy .

"That money is going to trickily down through, as i said. In the way of salaries being paid. For a number of people job security, maybe even creating more jobs. Purchase of goods and services. When people are earning money then they are going to go out and buy retail, cars, possibly houses. all of that trickles down to our benefit," Gambino said.

Gambino would like to see the fund start out at about $8 million and one day grow up to $20 million with the help of local investments.