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Council adopts fee changes limiting roll-offs and raising battery deposits; adds $100 floodplain permit
Summary
Council kept roll-off and trailer rental fees but restricted roll-offs to one use per address per year and trailers to two per year, increased battery refundable deposits and added a $100 floodplain permit; the vote passed 4–1.
Council debated updates to the consolidated fee schedule (ordinance 25-07) after a staff presentation outlining that neighborhood dumpster and trailer programs were running at a net loss. Public works staff explained current costs — citing about $194 per neighborhood dumpster and an annual $12,000–$15,000 impact on the garbage fund — and proposed a range of options including higher refundable deposits and limited usage to reduce repeated rentals by the same addresses.
After extended discussion, council moved to keep current roll-off and trailer fees but limit roll-offs to one use per address per year and trailers to two uses per calendar year, increase the battery deposit (proposal: $150 resident refundable $75; $250 nonresident refundable $75 if left clean), and add a $100 floodplain permit to the fee schedule. The motion passed on a roll-call vote: Council member Howe Yes, Stevens Yes, Smythe No, Howard Yes, Stewart Yes (tally 4–1). "You're losing money with every 1 of them at this point," staff warned during the presentation.
