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Sanitation contract rate falls; board approves using savings to raise driver pay to $24/hour
5577201 · August 13, 2025
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Summary
Richardson Waste adjusted Fayetteville’s sanitation tonnage rate from $64.71 to $59.47, generating estimated savings of $177,374. The board approved allocating part of those savings to raise sanitation drivers’ pay from $19 to $24 per hour.
The board approved a sanitation-rate adjustment and a related personnel-pay action on Aug. 12 after the city’s waste contractor, Richardson Waste, revised the per-ton price.
City staff presented a comparison showing the 2025 rate at $64.71 per ton and an adjusted rate of $59.47 per ton. Staff estimated the change would generate…
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