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Sanitation rates proposed to rise 15% as fund lacks reserves and faces rising tipping and fuel costs
Summary
Consultants said the sanitation enterprise has little cash on hand and will need a 15% residential increase in 2026, followed by 6.5% annual increases, to fund fleet replacement and operating costs driven by higher tipping fees and fuel.
At the budget workshop, consultants reported the city’s sanitation enterprise is under financial strain and recommended a 15% increase to residential solid-waste rates in 2026 followed by about 6.5% annual increases thereafter. Henry Thomas, the presenting financial consultant, said the fund currently has essentially no cash reserves and that without rate action the city would be unable to replace vehicles or sustain operating service levels. Thomas said the sanitation…
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