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Councilor proposes trash‑fee and revenue changes as part of smaller override alternative
Summary
Councilor Winslow offered a multi-part alternative to the larger override that includes modest belt‑tightening, potential municipal‑empowerment revenue, limited use of reserves, and staged trash‑fee increases including an absentee‑landlord surcharge; council referred the paper to joint finance and ordinance.
Councilor Winslow presented a paper proposing a package of modest spending reductions, targeted revenue measures and trash‑fee changes he said could reduce the proposed overall override. The plan includes a small, citywide 'belt‑tightening' (roughly 1 percent in non‑staff spending), exploration of…
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