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Solid Waste manager outlines path to sustainability: proposed 4% fee increase, tipping-fee adjustments and contract challenges
Summary
Solid Waste General Manager Cindy Castellucio said the division now serves about 92,000 households, reduced a multi-year fund deficit from roughly $17 million to negative $2.6 million, and recommended a 4% solid-waste fee increase (about $15.98/year) plus C&D tipping-fee adjustments to help bring the fund to positive balance amid rising collection costs and soon-to-expire contracts.
Cindy Castellucio, general manager of Solid Waste, told the council on May 5 that the division provides curbside service for roughly 92,000 households, operates a C&D landfill that just marked 50 years, two drop-off centers and a recycling site, and is preparing for several pressures in FY27: expiring collection contracts, rising collection and disposal costs and ongoing landfill needs.
Castellucio said a recent procurement for Area 1…
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