Greensburg, IN— The Greensburg City Council voted in favor of an ordinance on it’s first reading at Monday’s meeting that could raise trash fees to $12 immediately. It still requires a second vote in approval at the September meeting. This increase is nearly 4 times what is currently charged.
Mark Klosterkemper, City Street Commissioner stated that the trash removal fees collected for the city do not currently equal that of what the city pays to send the trash to the dump in tipping fees. The increase would be in effect starting on the October water bills if approved again. The ordinance also has provisions to collect an additional $5 per extra trash can collected per household as well as allows for a 3% increase each year starting in 2022.
