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Council discusses 20% city service fee increase, refers brush and debris rules to ordinance committee
Summary
During a July 21 public hearing, council members discussed a proposed 20% increase in the city service fee, shared examples of high brush-removal costs, and directed staff to add contractor/brush removal language to the clutter ordinance for committee review.
At a July 21 public hearing, the City Council discussed a proposed 20% increase to the city service fee and referred enforcement of contractor and brush/debris removal to the ordinance committee for drafting changes to the clutter ordinance. No members of the public spoke on the fee at the hearing.
A council member summarized the proposed fee change as a 20% increase, describing it as “$15 a quarter, $60 in a year” and confirming that equates to “$5 a month.” The same council member said the last fee increase took place in 2009 and argued the increase was needed “for us to maintain equipment,…
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