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Danville commission directs staff to draft changes to recycling program, explores Republic billing pilot
Summary
Commissioners discussed moving from mandatory to voluntary curbside recycling, the city's $100K-plus annual general-fund subsidy for refuse service, and asked staff to draft contract language to pilot Republic billing directly to customers and a voluntary recycling model.
The Danville City Commission on April 13 discussed major changes to the city's solid-waste and recycling program, directing staff to draft written language for a proposed shift to voluntary curbside recycling and to explore having Republic Services bill customers directly.
City public-works staff member Josh (S13) told commissioners Republic had estimated a switch to direct billing would set a base residential rate near $15.69 per month and that weekly recycling service would require new equipment and add costs. "They said that they would have to buy a whole new truck to do that," Josh said, adding a likely per-household increase "in that $9 to $10 a month…
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