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Fredericksburg staff proposes $10 monthly fee to cover brush and leaf pickup; council debates amount
Summary
City sanitation staff proposed a new fee on utility bills to cover brush and leaf pickup (estimated at about $10 per month per household if applied to all 5,900 accounts), prompting council debate over affordability, opt‑outs, and program design. Staff will return proposed ordinance language in December with an intended effective date of Jan. 1, 2026.
City sanitation staff presented council with a plan to begin charging utility customers for brush and leaf pickup, estimating that charging all 5,900 residential solid‑waste accounts would cover labor and equipment costs and produce roughly $530,000 in general‑fund revenue if collection begins Jan. 1, 2026.
Chris, a sanitation department staff member, said the department factors roughly “2 and a half employees” into the brush‑pickup service and that combined labor and equipment produced an annual cost that translated to “just under $8 per month for a customer” for brush alone. When staff calculated both brush and leaf…
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