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Council hears plan for automated solid-waste collection as tipping fees and disposal costs rise
Summary
City staff outlined a move to automated curbside collection with two 64-gallon bins per household, an upfront bin purchase cost, and a projected increase in member disposal costs from $54 to $88 per ton; councilors requested a detailed breakdown from Main Waste to Energy.
Auburn staff told the council on March 9 that a newly negotiated solid-waste contract and higher disposal costs will raise the city's FY27 solid-waste line significantly, driven largely by a change in tipping fees and an upfront bin purchase for automated collection.
City management described a package that includes two 64-gallon bins per household (issued bins only will be collected), an upfront capital purchase amortized over the first four years of the…
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