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Eagle Pass council adopts ordinance updating municipal solid-waste fees
Summary
On a unanimous vote, the Eagle Pass City Council adopted a second-reading ordinance revising Chapter 14 (municipal solid waste) fees. The council approved staff-recommended rates and directed that future landfill-percentage increases be applied equally to county residents served by city trash service.
The Eagle Pass City Council on the second reading approved an ordinance amending Chapter 14, Section 14-10 (schedule of rates/fees) of the city code to revise municipal solid-waste service fees.
The ordinance, introduced on the floor as a second reading, was presented to the council by or as recommended by Mr. Ivarra. Council discussion included an explicit instruction that if landfill charges are increased by a certain percentage in the future, the same percentage should be added to the current $25 charge applied to county residents who receive city trash service. Councilman Garcia moved to adopt the fees as recommended by Mr. Ivarra with that condition; Councilwoman Cruz seconded. The presiding speaker announced the vote was unanimous and the motion carried.
The ordinance text as read on the record includes findings that the meeting at which the ordinance is passed is open to the public as required by law, a severability clause, and an effective date. The council did not state a specific effective date on the record in the transcript provided. The motion and vote were recorded as carried unanimously; individual roll-call votes and a final ordinance number were not specified in the transcript.
The change affects the city's schedule of rates and fees for solid-waste services and explicitly addresses the treatment of county residents who receive the service.
