Council committee takes first step toward possible increase in nonresidential trash fees

A report from the city shows “tipping” rates for dumping at Trail Ridge Landfill are lower than state averages.


  • By Ric Anderson
  • | 12:05 a.m. May 7, 2025
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The Jacksonville City Council is launching an examination of nonresidential trash fees.
The Jacksonville City Council is launching an examination of nonresidential trash fees.
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Three months after the Jacksonville City Council raised rates of residential trash hauling to address a growing city subsidization for the service, a Council committee launched an examination of nonresidential trash fees May 6.

Will Lahnen

Will Lahnen, chair of the Transportation, Energy and Utilities Committee, said his goal in starting the conversation was to ensure that the fees being charged to local businesses were covering the city’s costs of providing service.

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