Commission adopts refuse-code updates and residential garbage user‑fee change effective Sept. 1
Ordinance 26-13-14 updating Title 17 (refuse and anti-litter) and the residential garbage service user fee was approved on second and final reading; the ordinance includes an effective date of Sept. 1, 2026. Officials said the code had not been updated in 17 years and the fee helps address a shortfall in sanitation operations.
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The commission adopted Ordinance 26-13-14 to amend Title 17 of the municipal code (refuse and anti-litter regulations) and chapter sections governing residential garbage service user fees. Commissioners said the code had not been updated in 17 years and that the change is needed because the sanitation department's user fee no longer sustains operations.
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