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Council agrees to add day, explore resident rate tier and ID checks at citizen collection station
Summary
Council gave staff direction to reopen the citizen collection station (CCS) an additional day, explore a resident discount with verification and to reallocate corresponding budget lines; staff will report back with implementation details and potential master-fee changes.
During the FY 2025–26 budget workshop, City of Atlanta council members discussed operations and pricing at the citizen collection station (CCS), concluding with direction to add an additional open day for residents and to explore a two‑tier pricing and ID‑verification approach.
Finley presented the budgetary impact of CCS schedule changes and said closing the CCS one day a week saves the city approximately $17,000 annually in personnel costs because sweeping and staff schedules change. “The savings of personnel cost for the city by closure of the CCS for 1 day is approximately 17,000 a year,” Finley said.
Council members said the greater…
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