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Kankakee council cuts municipal garbage fee to $42 for one year, warns of budget impact
Summary
Council unanimously approved an ordinance setting a flat $42 monthly garbage fee for residents for one year, passing part of vendor savings to households while estimating a $200,000–$225,000 potential revenue reduction to the Environmental Services Utility next fiscal year.
Kankakee — The City Council voted unanimously Monday to lower the resident garbage rate to a flat $42 per month for one year, passing a modest vendor cost reduction along to households while acknowledging a multi‑hundred‑thousand‑dollar effect on city utility revenue.
The administration said a recent contract bid from Republic Services produced a lower vendor price, and the city proposed reducing the monthly residential charge from $43.02 to $42.00.…
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