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Commission receives request to increase residential solid-waste rates; introduction approved 3–2 amid customer-service concerns
Summary
Department of Operations and Maintenance requested a 5.5 percent residential solid-waste fee increase — higher than the 4.8 percent CPI adjustment in the contract with Waste Management — citing previous absorbed increases; the Board approved introduction by roll-call vote 3–2 after discussion about customer service and rate-subsidy concerns.
The county’s Operations and Maintenance director presented the annual residential solid-waste fee adjustment and asked the Board to introduce a rate increase that would take effect July 1.
Director of Operations and Maintenance Antonio Jaramillo said the Waste Management contract allows annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustments based on the Water, Sewer and Trash CPI. That index released a March figure of 4.8 percent; the…
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