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Council reviews proposed solid‑waste fee bump to support recycling and volunteer program
Summary
Staff proposed increasing the franchise fee collected from sanitation haulers (currently $1 per quarter) to $1 per month to provide more staff and supervisory capacity at the Keep Peachtree City Beautiful recycling and mulching operations; council discussed limiting mulching‑yard access to city residents and enforcement needs.
City staff presented a proposed amendment to the Solid Waste Management ordinance to increase the franchise fee that sanitation haulers remit on residents’ bills. The fees currently provide $1 per quarter per customer to Keep Peachtree City Beautiful; staff proposed increasing that to $1 per month to fund additional supervisors and extend recycling‑center hours.
Staff said continuing increases in cardboard and recycling costs have strained volunteer capacity at the recycling center. The draft ordinance would also add language formally recognizing Keep Peachtree City Beautiful as the recycling‑center manager and would remove language allowing county residents to use the mulching yard (limiting mulching‑yard access to city residents only) unless council decides otherwise.
Council heard from an operations representative who said a higher fee (from $4 per year to $12 per year per household) would allow the group to hire supervisors who can check residency at the center and manage volunteer crews, noting a recent 350% increase in cardboard costs. Council debated whether haulers would pass through the cost to residents and asked staff for a communications plan to inform residents and haulers.
No formal vote was taken at this work session; staff will draft the ordinance language for an upcoming regular‑meeting agenda.
