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Item Coversheet Page 1 of 1 <br /> Im <br /> Legal Department <br /> DATE: 6/12/2018 <br /> MEMO: <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and Decatur City Council Members <br /> FROM: Tim Gleason,City Manager <br /> Billy Tyus,Deputy City Manager <br /> SUBJECT: Request for increase in the current maximum rate garbage haulers may charge for residential service to properties <br /> containing six units or less of$3 per month this year and 50 cents per year in each of the next three years. <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the attached ordinance amendment. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Local garbage haulers are privately owned companies licensed through the City of Decatur with the city setting the maximum <br /> rates that can be charged by haulers and defining the areas within which haulers operate.The City last adjusted rates in 2010-2011 <br /> as part of a large scale overhaul of the garbage and recycling system.During this period,haulers indicate that operating costs have <br /> continued to rise. <br /> If approved,the attached amendment would provide a$3 per month increase to haulers as listed in the attached schedule and <br /> increases of 50 cents per year in 2019,2020 and 2021. <br /> PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: Council last amended garbage rates in 2010. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Tim Gleason,City Manager at 217-424-2801 or Tgleason@decaturil.gov,Wendy Morthland at <br /> Wmorthland@decaturil.gov or 217-424-2807 or Billy Tyus at 217-424-2801 or Btyus@decaturil.gov. <br /> ATTACHMENTS: <br /> Description Type <br /> Ordinance Amending Ci1y Code Chapter 56 Refuse and Ordinance <br /> Recyclables Removal,Section 18,Payment Required <br /> https:Hdecatur.novusagenda.com/AgendaWeb/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=1576 6/18/2018 <br />