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Oregon City commissioners and franchisee agree to revise proposed trash-rate increase; staff to return with adjusted schedule
Summary
The city and franchisee B and B Leasing discussed a proposed 4.35% solid-waste rate increase and agreed to keep the 20‑gallon residential rate unchanged while shifting the needed increase to larger cans; staff will return with revised rates July 16 for an Aug. 1 effective date.
City staff and B and B Leasing presented a proposal on July 2 to adjust residential solid-waste and disposal rates and the commission gave direction to revise the rate schedule before final approval.
Dana Webb, Oregon City public works director, told commissioners the franchisee requested an overall 4.35% adjustment to residential rates and reviewed the legal and regional framework for solid-waste rates, including Oregon Revised Statutes governing solid-waste management and the Metro regional waste plan. “Within Oregon City, we are within that Metro boundary, so we fall under that regional waste plan,”…
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