Garbage Collection Fees Going Up

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Fairhope, Alabama

 

 


 NOVEMBER 1ST

The city council enacted a new ordinance increasing residential garbage collection fees by $3 effective November 1st; and another $2 in a year. 

Commercial garbage collection increases were enacted as well (along with pick-up changes).

The city's Sanitation Fund has been operating at a $1 million deficit for some time now and the increases are meant to make it more self-sufficient.

Transfers from the general fund have always been necessary to balance it (using tax revenue).


Sanitation fund balance sheet.


Location: Fairhope, AL 36532, USA

Comments

Anonymous said…
Tax & spend & spend
Friday, October 25, 2024
Anonymous said…
It wouldn't be so bad IF they pick up like they should. Constantly having to call for them to come back.
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Anonymous said…
Yes to Anonymous. That’s what taxes are for. To pick up your garbage. Just fork over the extra few bucks and chill.
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Anonymous said…
ought to break even at least
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Anonymous said…
Not sure we need residential garbage pick up 2 times a week. 1 time a week would probably be sufficient for most people. Could save wear and tear on the trucks. Something to study possibly.
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Anonymous said…
This is not a tax. It is a fee for a service.
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Anonymous said…
Privatize
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Anonymous said…
Fairhope makes a lot of profit on fee’s for service
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Anonymous said…
wrong! like it says the fees do not make up expenses.
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Anonymous said…
cost for residents would double
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Anonymous said…
So maybe the city should look at doing what they did in Walton County FL. Before I right the rest of this I want to say I am tired of everything going up in Fairhope because the services haven’t been able to catch up to the growth and the real property owners in town are already way beyond the single tax!!!! So back to my original thought! Walton County added a 1 cent tax on every dollar spent to pay for once week trash. Within the first 5 years that penny paid for all new equipment upgrades to the landfill, and had a surplus! If the city would just quit spending money on study after study and engineers that honestly do the something we pay a city engineer to review once it is done then think of some of the savings that could be made! I think the city needs an oversight committee made up of CPA’s to review the budgets and spending that the city does to ensure the citizens of Fairhope their money is being used wisely!!
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Anonymous said…
Totally agree
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Anonymous said…
I know people in many other cities that do only have once a week garbage pickup and that works fine. Be good to see the Council do some work and analyze process improvement opportunities instead of just continuing to raise taxes/fees.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Anonymous said…
I have heard that we will be going to 1X weekly pickup next year, which is fine with me because we rarely put ours out more than once a week anyway. We recycle and compost, so the volume/quantity of what we throw away is less than average. It always seemed to me that there should have been a different rate for households that only needed pickup once weekly. There are places where households are charged by either the weight or the volume of their trash, which makes sense as long as the base price covers the operations of the system.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Anonymous said…
Everybody's getting a big recycle can ... same size as garbage ones ... for paper, plastic,cans, etc .... so there will still be twice a week pick up ....
Monday, October 28, 2024
Anonymous said…
I think we should just all have a burn pit at our residences and burn our own trash and this would solve all the problems
Friday, November 01, 2024
Anonymous said…
We need a City Manager but the Mayor and Council all appear to be adamantly opposed. They do a great job on most things but they do waste so much money (imho).
Friday, November 01, 2024
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