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Residents criticize Fort Collins trash contract and opt‑out fee; city says vacant‑lot billing errors will be fixed
Summary
Multiple residents urged the City Council to rescind or amend the consolidated residential hauling program’s opt‑out fee and asked for variances for small‑waste households and vacant lots. City staff said vacant‑lot accounts are being corrected and a low‑income offset fund exists for hardship cases.
Several Fort Collins residents used the meeting’s general public‑comment period to challenge the city’s consolidated residential hauling contract and the associated opt‑out fee, saying they had not requested Republic Services collection and were being billed for services they do not receive.
Speakers described administrative burdens and what they called punitive collection notices. Phoebe McWilliams of District 6 told council, “This is tyranny, not democracy,” after describing being required to pay an opt‑out fee for service she said she does not use. Yvonne Paez said an inspector had been sent to her property…
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