Christian County historian William Turner and well-known community member Margaret McDonald who has served on several local boards asked Hopkinsville City
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.
Chief Financial Officer Robert Martin
After several financial unknowns because of the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous budget amendments, City of Hopkinsville Chief Financial Officer Robert Martin said he was happy fiscal year 2020-2021 ended well.
Martin made the comment when he presented his end of the fiscal year financial report to Hopkinsville City Council Tuesday night and said the city did end with a positive year.
Martin said the city ended the fiscal year with an available cash balance of $12.1 million in available cash. He noted the payroll tax came in under budget but collections in the last two months of the fiscal year pushed the city over the prior year’s collections.
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