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Resident asks Redfield to raise garbage rates by $1 to cover landfill and insurance costs
Summary
Visitor Gene Clausen told the council that higher Brown County landfill tipping fees and increased insurance costs make a $1.00 per-customer increase in garbage rates necessary, and requested the council consider the change.
Gene Clausen, a visitor at the Dec. 16 Redfield City Council meeting, informed the council that Brown County Landfill tipping fee increases combined with higher insurance costs are driving sanitation expenses upward and asked the council to consider raising municipal garbage rates by $1.00 per customer.
The minutes record Clausen's request and show he exited the meeting at 7:10 p.m. The council did not take immediate action on rate changes at the Dec. 16 meeting; the request was recorded as part of visitors/public time for future consideration.
