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San Antonio keeps solid-waste fees steady while rolling out smart-collection system and apprenticeship training
Summary
Solid Waste Management Director Josephine Valencia presented a FY26 proposal that maintains current user fees and service levels, highlights a citywide rollout of a tablet-based Smart Collection System to reduce missed pickups, and continues investments in transfer-station repairs and workforce training.
Josephine Valencia, director of Solid Waste Management, presented the departmentFY26 operating plan at the Sept. 9 City of San Antonio budget work session, saying the department expects no rate increases or service-level reductions while rolling out a digital route-navigation and service-verification system intended to reduce missed collections.
The budget affects roughly 382,000 solid-waste account holders who receive curbside service and supports an enterprise fund (operating and maintenance) and a separate internal fleet fund. Valencia said combined the two funds total just over $193 million.
Valencia described the Smart Collection System (SCS), a tablet-based navigation and service-verification tool that has been installed on about half of the city's collection vehicles so far. She said each address is represented by a dot on the drivertablet and the dot changes color when collection is completed; the system also logs exceptions and…
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