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Dunedin advances first reading of solid-waste rate ordinance as county disposal fees and labor costs rise
Summary
The Dunedin City Commission approved on first reading Ordinance 26-01, authorizing a two-step increase to solid-waste collection fees beginning April 1 and indexing future adjustments to a trash-and-collection CPI after commissioners were told county disposal fees, labor and capital needs drove a roughly $1 million shortfall.
The Dunedin City Commission on Feb. 19 approved on first reading Ordinance 26-01, a change to the city code that will raise residential and commercial solid-waste collection rates beginning April 1 and again the following year, with a plan to index future changes to a trash‑and‑collection price index.
Consultants from Raftelis and the city’s public-works team told commissioners the fund that pays for solid-waste services is an enterprise fund that had developed a shortfall driven by higher disposal charges, increased labor costs and a backlog of vehicle and equipment replacements. “We estimate about a dollar per year,” Raftelis consultant Terry Bowery said when describing a portion of the model’s phased…
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