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Waste Pro asks county to approve phased residential rate increases; board to seek staff recommendation
Summary
Waste Pro Florida presented a proposed multi-step increase to the county's fixed-price residential collection rate and asked the Columbia County Board of County Commissioners to consider a phased adjustment; commissioners asked staff to return with a formal recommendation.
Waste Pro Florida asked the Columbia County Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 18 to approve phased increases to the county's residential garbage rate and opened negotiations under the contract's adjustment clause. Dana Williams, director of government affairs for Waste Pro Florida, told commissioners the company is seeking an increase from the current $9.08 per home per month to $11.02 on Oct. 1, 2025, then to $12.96 under the renewal term and to $14.89 on Oct. 1, 2027.
Williams told the board that Waste Pro's contract with the county is a fixed-price contract that began Oct. 1, 2021, and runs through Sept. 30, 2026, with renewal options. "Our price when we start in 2021…
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