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Urbana committee advances recycling tax and food‑license updates; council to consider bag tax later
Summary
Staff presented ordinance language to update recycling tax fee scheduling and align food‑license fees with Public Health practices; the single‑use bag tax rule language will be returned for council consideration with a later effective date for implementation.
Staff presented code changes to remove the recycling tax from the city fee schedule (it is a tax in code) and to adjust food‑license fees to align with Champaign‑Urbana Public Health’s new processes. The ordinance would also set up a $0.10 single‑use carryout bag tax, but staff said the detailed implementation criteria for the bag tax (who is affected, exemptions and collection) require more work and will return to council later; the bag tax would not become effective until Jan. 1, 2026.
Specific code changes in this packet would: (1) remove recycling tax language from the fee schedule and put it under the tax code; (2) increase the food handling mobile dispenser license from $61 to $87 to align with food handling establishment fees; and (3) eliminate a temporary license that Public Health does not issue for Urbana. Staff said the fee changes for food licenses will become effective when Public Health completes its software and process changes in the spring.
Council placed the ordinance on the regular agenda for the next council meeting.
