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Montgomery officials discuss raising residential sanitation fee to close operating shortfall
Summary
City staff told council the sanitation operation is running a deficit and proposed raising collection fees; councilmembers asked for more information, time for constituent outreach and clarity on service performance before approving changes.
City sanitation staff told the Montgomery City Council during a work session that the sanitation operation is running a structural deficit and the city is considering raising the monthly residential collection fee, currently $27 per household.
The sanitation presenter said the city serves "approximately 60,000 customers" and that each dollar of fee increase would generate roughly $720,000 in revenue if everyone paid. The staff presentation emphasized that the chart shown reflected operating costs only and excluded recent capital purchases such as new packer trucks and landfill…
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