There are 12 article(s) tagged Solid Waste Fee:

• September 2021

  • City government’s low vaccination rate spotlights larger solid waste issues

    A low vaccination rate is just one of the problems the city faces as it wrestles with chronic problems surrounding solid waste disposal. 

    By Bill Dries September 21, 2021

• April 2021

  • How your solid waste fee ballooned to $30 a month

    Here is the history behind the city’s solid waste fee and how it compares to what the city’s new private contractor for Area E is being paid and what the previous contractor was being paid.

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    City faces critical decision on one of its most basic services

    A short history of Area E

    By Bill Dries April 25, 2021

• July 2020

  • City Council delays move toward solid waste fee moratorium

    The city administration says problems with garbage collection services aren’t solved yet but that the situation is improving.

    By Bill Dries July 14, 2020

  • City Council calls special session next week to discuss solid-waste-fee discount

    The proposed discount would be in "Area E" – parts of Cordova and Hickory Hill where Waste Pro, the contractor for the city, has been falling behind in garbage collection.

    By Bill Dries July 09, 2020

  • Police reform proposals and discussions dominate council agenda

    Memphis City Council members to discuss removing police from the city’s civil service system.

    By Bill Dries July 06, 2020

• December 2019

  • Council approves solid waste, partial MLGW fee hikes

    Water and gas rate hikes were approved but a proposed electric rate hike was rejected. The council also took back its rejection of a solid waste fee hike that goes on the same monthly utility bills. That after Mayor Jim Strickland threatened layoffs and reductions in garbage service in the new year without the hike.

    By Bill Dries December 19, 2019

  • Last council meeting of year features final vote on residency

    The City Council could also Tuesday revisit its decision two weeks ago to reject a solid waste fee hike. Mayor Jim Strickland said no fee hike could lead to laying off sanitation workers and scaling back garbage pickups of curbside trash. The combination with the MLGW rate hike proposal could cause the council to do either/or but not both.

    By Bill Dries December 17, 2019

  • The Early Word: Who is Intrator; sanitation layoffs; and possible snow

    It’s Monday, Dec. 9. Today, the Shelby County Commission will meet; "It's a Wonderful Life" will show at The Orpheum, and, oh, hey, it might snow tomorrow. 

    By Mary Cashiola December 09, 2019

  • Strickland signals solid waste cuts early in new year unless council reconsiders rejection of fee hike

    Mayor Jim Strickland has raised the possibility of layoffs and garbage service cutbacks six days into the new year if the Memphis City Council doesn’t reconsider its decision to reject a solid waste fee hike.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2019

  • City Council addresses length of sanitation employees’ work day

    The city administration lost the vote on a solid waste fee hike, but it has taken one issue with sanitation services off the table as fewer routes mean longer routes and close to an eight-hour work day for sanitation workers. 

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2019

  • Council votes down solid waste fee hikes, delays MLGW rate hike vote

    A solid waste fee rate hike was voted down by the City Council Tuesday in its next to last session of the year and of the current council's term.

    By Bill Dries December 04, 2019

  • Council takes final vote on solid waste fee hike, Fairgrounds development

    The decisions at Tuesday’s council session would remove two items from the agenda of the council that leaves office at the end of the month. Other items are straddling the New Year’s line between the council leaving office and the new council that takes office in January.

    By Bill Dries December 03, 2019