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Council flags landfill rate increase and potential impact on city garbage rates and next year’s budget
Summary
Council members were alerted to an approximate $10 increase in landfill fees effective in January; members asked staff for income/expense figures to determine whether the city should raise local garbage rates and how to phase increases to reduce impact on residents.
Council members discussed a notice that the landfill's tipping or service rates will rise—an increase council members estimated at about $10 per billing period—and how that could affect the city's garbage rates and next year’s budget.
Speaker 5 said the city's bill will increase "about, what, I guess, at $10 in a year," and urged the council to consider whether to raise municipal garbage rates. Member concerns centered on late timing of the notice (coming close to budget season) and how the council should apportion any increase to citizens. "For us in budgeting time, it sure would have been nice to know before," one member said.
Staff (Speaker 3) said the budget is a guideline and can be amended at year-end and offered to provide income and expense information so the council could determine whether rate increases are needed. Members requested that staff calculate the likely impact and present options for a phased or immediate rate adjustment.
Next steps: staff will compile current income and expense figures and present recommended rate-change options at a future meeting so council can decide whether to adjust residential garbage rates.
