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Urbana staff recommend keeping weekly curbside recycling and pursuing a 10¢ carryout bag fee to offset costs
Summary
City staff recommended maintaining weekly curbside recycling, adopting a phased resident fee increase plus a 10¢ per‑bag carryout fee to soften household rate impacts; council voiced broad support and a $300,000 budget amendment from the Ucycle fund was proposed to bridge the transition.
City of Urbana staff told the Committee of the Whole on Nov. 18 that they recommend maintaining weekly curbside recycling service and pursuing a phased resident fee increase combined with a point‑of‑sale carryout bag fee to help fund the program.
The council heard three rate options and a proposed single‑use carryout bag fee during a staff presentation. Staff said the immediate option would raise the monthly per‑household recycling fee from the current $3.25 to roughly $7.65 beginning Jan. 1; a three‑year phase would move rates to $5.25 in year 1, $7.00 in year 2 and $8.75 in year 3; and a third approach would combine smaller monthly rate steps with a carryout bag fee subsidy. Staff said they prefer the smaller step approach plus a bag fee and recommended maintaining weekly service.
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