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Phoenix Public Works outlines proposed multi-year solid-waste rate increase and affordability programs
Summary
Public Works presented a proposed multi-year residential rate adjustment beginning July 2026, cited fund shortfalls and a $70M five-year CIP; staff proposed affordability measures including expanded Project Assist funding and the R&R downsizing program and will hold nine community listening sessions before returning to council April 22.
Phoenix — Phoenix Public Works told the City Council on Feb. 10 that its Solid Waste enterprise fund faces multi-year shortfalls driven by rising labor, equipment and construction costs and proposed a phased residential rate increase beginning July 2026 to preserve service levels and infrastructure.
Deputy City Manager Alan Stevenson and Public Works Director Felipe Moreno summarized the division’s scale — roughly 425,000 residential customers across 517 square miles, more than 600 solid-waste employees and a city-owned transfer-station and landfill network — and outlined cost pressures including a 32% increase in personnel costs tied to a 2023 classification-and-compensation adjustment and rising truck and…
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