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Show Garbage fees on the rise again fee will raise our present raie from $5.50 a month to at least $6," city manager Collin Wood stated. He said the council has taken the recommendation re-commendation for an increase under advisement, and they will determine the exact amount of the increase that will most likely take effect next January 1 . West Bountiful Mayor Jerry Thompson said rates will most likely like-ly go from $5.75 to $6.25 per month. The council will discuss the issue during the first meeting in Au- O CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 By TOM HARALDSEN ' The increase in tipping fees at the county's burn plant from $20 to $25 a ton will be passed on to most of the district's residential customers, custom-ers, but not in each case. Woods Cross will actually lower its rates. In Centerville, garbage fees have jumped twice in six months, the latest increase from $6. 10 to $6.80 a month effective July 1 . City administrator admi-nistrator David Hales said the increase in-crease included a 50 cent per month hike for the burn plant fee itself, plus a 20 cent hike to cover administrative costs. Kaysville hiked its rates from $7 to $7.50 a month due to the tipping fee increase, again retroactive to July 1. North Salt Lake will also be affected by the change. "I suspect the increased tipping Trash fees rise again CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 gust. Layton bills its residents for two months of service at a time, and that rate will increase from $11 to $12.40, a 70-cent-per-month difference. differ-ence. Clearfield likewise bills for two months, and officials there said the rate will increase 75 cents per month, to $14.50 for the two-month two-month period. The latter community also requested re-quested that the solid waste district submit a report to the Clearfield Council from the district auditor, detailing where the district's money is being spent, and why the tipping fees continue to increase. Farmington raised its rates from $5.25 to $6.50 a month last February, Febru-ary, and city officials anticipate that no further increase will be . necessary to offset the new tipping changes. In an unprecedented move, the Woods Cross city council voted to lower its garbage fees. MayV Ralph Argyle said the $1 per moi.J reduction will be subsidized with monies from the city's general fund. "We just didn't want the residents resi-dents to have to bear the burden of the increase," the mayor stated. |