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County to pass GFL trash-rate increase to residents via water bill starting January
Summary
After GFL raised residential trash rates and extra-container fees, County Manager Thomas Weaver and Chairman Charles Coffey said the commission will pass the increase to residents by adding it to January water bills; the county will absorb the first month.
County Manager Thomas Weaver told the Oct. 27 work session that GFL, the county’s solid-waste contractor, has raised residential trash rates by $2.00 and set the fee for an extra container at $14.00 per month. The board discussed how to handle the increase and decided to pass the additional cost on to residents via the January water bills, with the county covering the first month.
"Correct, the reason for the rate increase is due to the landfill tipping fees for them have doubled; however they are still the lowest and still in line with what everyone else is paying," Weaver said in response to a question about the change. Chairman Charles Coffey said the county cannot continue to absorb the new expense and that the increase should be passed to residents.
County staff said the change does not affect the county recycling center. The minutes record that the effective timing for the pass-through will be the January water bill cycle and that the county will take the first-month cost on itself before billing residents the new rate.
The board did not adopt a separate ordinance or fee schedule at the work session; staff will implement the billing change as an administrative adjustment to the January water-billing cycle and provide official notice to residents via county communication channels.
