Residents Ask To Table Plans For Automated Trash Collection

A proposed increase in City of Dubuque solid waste fees to, in part, pay for a switch to automated trash collection received strong opposition Thursday from a citizen advisory board. Members of Dubuque’s Resilient Community Advisory Commission voted unanimously Thursday to recommend City Council members table the proposal, citing a lack of information and public input. City staff intend to ask council members to increase Dubuque’s solid waste collection fee by 7.68%, from $15.62 to $16.82 per month, as they set next year’s budget. While they were not opposed to automation, commission members objected to the proposed fee structure.