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Dobbs Ferry trustees ask staff to study user-fee option to fund trash collection
Summary
Trustees debated shifting solid-waste costs from general property taxes to a user-fee model tied to service benefit; staff said state law permits a dedicated user-fee program but recommended a study with DPW input and a local law before next year’s budget.
The Dobbs Ferry Board of Trustees on April 28 directed staff to prepare a report on whether the village should remove solid-waste costs from general taxation and replace them with user fees tied to the benefit each property receives.
The Chair introduced the proposal as a way to spread the cost of collection more equitably across properties that actually receive pickup. A Staff member said the village is “permitted, by law to remove a 100% of the sanitation line out of your general taxation” and then establish user fees based on a benefit analysis for classes of property.
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