Because the burn plant has raised its rates, the City Council recently approved a monthly increase of 15 percent in residential garbage collection fees.
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Effective July 1, the first can fee goes from $13 to $15.40 a month. Second cans will increase to $10 from its previous $5 fee. Also, each additional can will also cost $10 now, instead of $3 each.City Manager Dennis Cluff said the increases are necessary because city costs likely will increase more than $1,000 a month with the new burn plant fees. The council also decided to quit subsidizing the second, third, fourth and so on cans by charging what they will actually cost the city.