City Council questions timing of solid waste fee hike proposal
Memphis solid waste division director Philip Davis said the volume of bulk waste left curbside across Memphis has outpaced the system because of more home deliveries. Two Memphis sanitation workers pick up garbage and yard waste in the High Point Terrace area. (Jim Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
“We are talking about nearly a $37 million increase — either we put all of that on the utility bill or we put it on the property tax rate,” said Council Chairman Martavius Jones. “We can’t do it in November.”
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