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Riverton council directs staff to use $2-per-home model to shore up sanitation fund; will break out recycling fee
Summary
After lengthy discussion, the council selected a fee structure that separates the first garbage and first recycling charges and applies a modest across-the-board increase intended to move the sanitation enterprise toward break-even status.
The Riverton City Council directed staff to move forward with a fee scenario at its May/June work session intended to reduce a projected sanitation fund shortfall. Council members debated multiple options: (1) a plan that would split the existing single line item into a separate first-garbage and first-recycle charge; (2) a tiered structure that taxes households with multiple additional cans at higher increments; and (3) doing nothing and continuing the current general-fund subsidy.
After extended discussion about equity and cost transparency, the council voted to support the option staff labeled "Estimate 2," a modest across-the-board approach that separates the first garbage and first…
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