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Greenbelt staff propose trash-fee increase; council hears pay-as-you-throw and composting pilot options
Summary
City staff told the Greenbelt City Council work session the proposed FY26 budget includes a two‑year, phased trash-rate increase to cover a structural deficit driven by a nine‑year rate freeze and rising county tipping fees; staff also outlined alternative models — a pay‑as‑you‑throw pilot and continuing the Compost Crew food‑scraps program if the
City Manager Josue Semoran told the Greenbelt City Council at its budget work session that the proposed fiscal‑year 2026 budget includes a rate increase for residential waste collection to address a “structural deficit” created after nine years without an adjustment and a recent 20% county increase in tipping fees.
Semoran said the budget as presented assumes a two‑year phase‑in of higher collection charges that staff modeled as a 20% increase over that period. “We included a 20% increase because from the conversation we had with council, council was leaning towards a 2 year phasing in period of the rate,” Public…
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