Staff report: Raleigh’s solid-waste services largely user-funded; council asks for fee and compost details
Staff told council Raleigh’s solid-waste enterprise is proposed to be funded about 99% by user fees and 1% from the general fund for public-good activities; councilors asked for peer-fee comparisons and follow-up on municipal compost/food-waste collection models such as Cary’s use of CompostNow.
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Budget staff presented a comparative memo showing how peer North Carolina cities fund solid-waste services. The memo reported a wide range of financing approaches: Wilmington was cited as roughly 99.7% user-fee funded, Winston‑Salem about 17% user‑fee funded, and Raleigh proposed at roughly 99% user‑fee funded with 1% from the general fund to cover public‑good activities such as dead-animal pickup and special-events support.
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