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Scappoose council approves Waste Management CPI increase, effective Aug. 1
Summary
The Scappoose City Council approved an annual CPI-based rate increase from Waste Management and set an Aug. 1 effective date with at least 30 days' customer notice; one councilor opposed.
Scappoose — The City Council approved Waste Management’s requested annual cost-of-living increase for residential garbage and recycling service and set the change to take effect Aug. 1, giving the company at least 30 days to notify customers.
Waste Management public sector manager Dave Huber told the council the request is the CPI increase allowed under the franchise agreement and “equates to a 4.792% increase” in rates, driven primarily by higher disposal fees at the Columbia County transfer…
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