City Council to hear proposed solid waste fee hike, weighs 2024 ballot questions
A sanitation worker hauls a garbage can to his truck in the Midtown neighborhood of Evergreen in January 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The monthly city solid waste fee for residential properties would rise 37% — from $29.96 to $41.05 — under a proposal from Mayor Jim Strickland’s administration.
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