· Context
FY2025/26 budget raises solid waste rates, citing landfill capital and engineering
The City's FY2025 annual financial report says the 2025/26 budget increased solid waste rates 26.1% for commercial and 3.8% for residential customers, for equipment and personnel for a dangerous-structure removal program, capital projects and engineering services at the landfill, and residential dumpster replacement costs. The one-family residential fee rose from $24.18 to $25.10 a month.[1]
What the sources say
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The City's FY2025 annual financial report says the 2025/26 budget raised solid waste rates 26.1% for commercial and 3.8% for residential customers, in part for capital projects and engineering services at the landfill, raising the one-family residential fee from $24.18 to $25.10 a month.[1]
- Commercial increase
- 26.1%
- Residential increase
- 3.8%
- Residential fee before
- $24
- Residential fee after
- $25
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For fiscal year 2025 the City reported landfill charges revenue of $4,814,964 against a final budget of $3,900,000, and solid waste collection and disposal fees of $28,237,121.[1]
- Landfill charges
- $4,814,964
- Landfill charges budget
- $3,900,000
- Collection disposal fees
- $28,237,121