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Council debates raising curb‑assistance fee as sanitation staffing and recycling challenges surface
Summary
Council considered raising the monthly curb‑assistance fee for non‑disabled residents to improve route efficiency while sanitation staff and council members described staffing constraints, equipment issues and contamination problems in curbside recycling.
London City Council discussed a proposed increase in the monthly fee for curb assistance and broader sanitation operations, including recycling contamination and staffing shortfalls.
The pending ordinance would raise the optional curb‑assistance fee paid by customers who request the city to set out and retrieve cans. The fee discussed at the meeting would move from about $3 per month to $12 per month for able‑bodied customers; the city intends to keep curb assistance…
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