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Casa Grande sanitation staff recommend city-hosted recycling drop-offs, propose rate increases and landfill limits
Summary
Sanitation staff recommended starting city-hosted recycling drop-off events as a low-cost pilot, presented options for curbside recycling and full privatization with cost estimates, and proposed rate increases and limits on free residential landfill loads to address an $839,000 projected FY shortfall and long-term under-recovery.
Casa Grande sanitation staff outlined options for recycling, proposed changes to landfill policy and presented a cost-of-service study that would require rate increases to close a projected revenue gap.
Ron Rous, the city’s sanitation superintendent, told the council the division serves about 21,500 residential customers twice weekly, processes roughly 137,000 tons per year at the landfill and that the landfill is projected to reach capacity around August 2041. Staff presented five recycling delivery models and recommended beginning with city-hosted monthly drop-off events to limit contamination and preserve flexibility. "There's no long term commitment, minimal upfront investment," Rous said of the city-hosted option; staff estimated processing fees for collected material at about $85 per ton and annual…
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