By Julia Bertino
Mar 3, 2021
(Council Bluffs, IA) The price Council Bluffs residents are charge for trash pickup is increasing next month.
In January, the Council Bluffs City Council approved a rate increase of $2 per month for solid waste collection. The approved rate adjustment begins April 1st and will cost $20 per month, with billing occurring quarterly.
The City says solid waste services are not funded by sales tax or property tax; therefore, the costs are recovered through the monthly fees. The last solid waste rate adjustments happened in 2008 and 2014.
“The City of Council Bluffs aims to provide efficient and cost-effective solid waste disposal services,” said Council Bluffs Mayor Matt Walsh. “We are cognizant whenever it comes to increasing fees. In this case, we need to adjust the rates to continue providing the level of service to which our residents are accustomed.”
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Editorâs Note: Mike Brownlee is a member of the Council Bluffs YMCA advisory board.
Monday night, the Council Bluffs City Council voted against a trio of requests by the YMCA that wouldâve seen the city vacate Baughn Street, amend the cityâs comprehensive plan and rezone Y-owned land as part of the nonprofit organizationâs plan to install a park and increase parking.
The YMCA of Greater Omaha had requested the city, through an ordinance, rezone the land southwest of the Charles E. Lakin YMCA at 235 Harmony St. from from residential to administrative-professional district, while also passing a resolution vacating and disposing of Baughn Street, which connects Harmony Street and Kanesville Boulevard. The city would retain an easement for utility maintenance on the Baughn Street land, according to Council Bluffs Planning and Zoning. Another resolution wouldâve amended the cityâs Bluffs Tomorrow: 2030 Plan, changing the adjacent land from low-density resi