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Assembly adopts higher community solid-waste disposal fee amid cost pressures
Summary
After a staff presentation and no public testimony, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly adopted Ordinance 2091 to raise the community residential disposal fee from $23.57 to $27.34 per month. The ordinance passed 5–1; officials cited higher disposal and shipping costs and long-term capital needs at the Deer Mountain solid-waste facility.
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly adopted Ordinance 2091 on Nov. 3, 2025, raising the monthly community residential disposal fee from $23.57 to $27.34 per residential unit to cover increased disposal and shipping costs and planned capital needs at the Deer Mountain solid-waste facility.
City Public Works Director Seth Brackie told the assembly the proposed increase applies to residential disposal (the fee covers disposal, recycling, white goods, household hazardous waste and the spring cleanup) and that the city and borough use a community-wide approach so residents inside and outside the city boundary pay…
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