Council votes down solid waste fee hikes, delays MLGW rate hike vote
Memphis sanitation workers pick up garbage and yard waste in the High Point Terrace area April 10. The City Council voted down a solid waste fee hike Dec. 3. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
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.
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