Hopkinsville Solid Waste General Manager Tony Sicari
During Tuesday night’s meeting, Hopkinsville City Council approved an ordinance increasing the residential trash and garbage collection rates.
Hopkinsville Solid Waste General Manager Tony Sicari brought the proposed rate increase before the Committee of the Whole at its last meeting, citing the increase would help offset rising service costs. The ordinance forwarded to City Council for first reading increases the monthly garbage collection rate to $25 for apartments, economy, and residences.
Councilman Chuck Crabtree asked what the difference is between collecting garbage at an apartment versus a single-family home with Sicari explaining they are trying to be more uniform across the board.
A trash rate increase from the Hopkinsville Solid Waste Enterprise was approved on the first reading by the Hopkinsville City Council Tuesday night.
Once approved on the second reading, the minimum rates for garbage and trash collection will increase to $25 per month for everyone across the board.
Those increases mean residences utilizing 95-gallon containers move from $21.59 per month up to $25, apartments were previously rated $14.87 per month will also increase to $25 and finally, the economy classification will see the increase from $12.17 to $25 per month.
This will be the first price increase HSWE has proposed over the past 15 years, with the last rate change being in 2005.
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Hopkinsville City Council approved first reading of a $41.1 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year during Tuesday night’s meeting.
The city will have to spend an additional $600,000 in pension costs in the upcoming budget and city employees would receive a two-percent cost-of-living raise if the plan passes second reading.
There are also expenditures to bring the salaries of some department heads into line with their peers across the state.
Councilmember Jason Bell put forth an amendment to put $50,000 towards the Inner-City REZ budget, saying that initiative could really use the extra funding.
Hopkinsville City Council approved the first reading of the 2021-22 budget Tuesday night. City Clerk Chrissy Fletcher presented the $41.1 million budget, with