FY2025/26 budget ordinance raises the landfill fee from $38.34 to $39.49 per ton
Section 6 of Ordinance No. 8218, the FY2025/26 budget, amended Sec. 8-3-94 to raise the landfill use fee from $38.34 to $39.49 per ton and raised the per-load fees in the volume table. The council adopted the ordinance on second and final reading at a special meeting on September 16, 2025 by a 5:0 vote. The FY2024/25 budget ordinance (No. 8152) had not amended Sec. 8-3-94.[1][2][3][4]
The FY2024/25 budget ordinance (No. 8152) printed in the budget book amends the residential and commercial collection fees (Secs. 8-3-92 and 8-3-93) but not the landfill use fee (Sec. 8-3-94), which the FY2025/26 ordinance lists as $38.34 before its change. The FY2024/25 budget book's narrative says the 2024/2025 budget 'includes a 8.6% rate increase for tipping fees'; the FY2025/26 book's narrative describes it as a 10.4% increase. No fetched source reconciles these statements.[4][3]
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Section 6 of Ordinance No. 8218 amends Sec. 8-3-94 to raise the landfill use fee from $38.34 to $39.49 per ton (minimum $5.00 per load) and, for loads that cannot be weighed, raises the 25-cubic-yard-or-more charge from $261.60 to $269.45 and the charge for automobile bodies and similar bulky items from $119.90 to $123.50.[1][3]
Fee per ton
$39
Previous fee per ton
$38
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On September 16, 2025 the council adopted Ordinance No. 8218 on second and final reading by a 5:0 vote (motion by Tim Reid, second by Don Tipps; yes votes by Cole Stanley, Tim Reid, Don Tipps, David Prescott and Les Simpson).[2]
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Budget ordinances record the per-ton landfill use fee as $30.00 before FY2019/20, $32.00 (FY2019/20), $33.50 (FY2020/21 and FY2021/22), $35.17 (FY2022/23), $38.34 (FY2023/24 and FY2024/25), $39.49 (FY2025/26) and $51.24 (FY2026/27).[5][6][7][8][9][4][1][10]