Note: There is a maximum of 200 words per comment. If you wish to post more, please visit our forum.
Coquille garbage collection rates will increase this month
Saturday, January 28, 2006 | No comments posted.
Coquille residents will be paying more for garbage collection service this month, after the City Council voted unanimously to approve a rate increase.
The rate will for a single can will go to $17.35, a 6-percent increase. The hike will be 7 percent for two cans, to $30.70. Each additional can will cost $13.35, an increase of 8 percent.
Also going up will be the rates for 1-cubic-yard containers, to $96; and the rate for 1.5-cubic-yard containers, to $149, including a $10 rental fee.
Wadsworth Garbage Disposal, the company that has exclusive rights to collect garbage in Coquille, requested the rate change to keep up with rising insurance and fuel costs.
“Basically it's the fuel costs,” said garbage company spokeswoman Jean Wadsworth.
She said this is the first rate increase in five years, the last one being in May of 2000.
The council also voted to make the rate increase retroactively effective on Jan. 1. Residents will receive their first bills for January and February, with the new rate, in March.
The rate will for a single can will go to $17.35, a 6-percent increase. The hike will be 7 percent for two cans, to $30.70. Each additional can will cost $13.35, an increase of 8 percent.
Also going up will be the rates for 1-cubic-yard containers, to $96; and the rate for 1.5-cubic-yard containers, to $149, including a $10 rental fee.
Wadsworth Garbage Disposal, the company that has exclusive rights to collect garbage in Coquille, requested the rate change to keep up with rising insurance and fuel costs.
“Basically it's the fuel costs,” said garbage company spokeswoman Jean Wadsworth.
She said this is the first rate increase in five years, the last one being in May of 2000.
The council also voted to make the rate increase retroactively effective on Jan. 1. Residents will receive their first bills for January and February, with the new rate, in March.
The comments below are from users of theworldlink.com and do not necessarily represent the views of The World or Lee Enterprises. Participation Guidelines
Note: There is a maximum of 200 words per comment. If you wish to post more, please visit our forum.
Note: There is a maximum of 200 words per comment. If you wish to post more, please visit our forum.
Not already registered?
The World welcomes your comments about stories, and we encourage a robust dialogue on this site. All comments must meet reasonable standards of decency and civility.
Please follow these basic rules:
- No defamatory comments about individuals or businesses.
- No deliberately false information.
- No obscenity or racially offensive language.
- No harassment, verbal abuse, threats or personal attacks.
- No information that invades another person's privacy.
- No business solicitations or charitable solicitations.
Comments that violate these standards will not be posted. Users with repeated violations may be banned from future posting.Comments will be approved throughout the day during business hours. After hours and weekend comments may not appear until the following business day. It may take a couple of hours before comments are approved.
The World generally does not edit comments, but we reserve the right to edit any comment that does not meet our standards.
Close Guidelines