Last Gasp of the Annual Fee

There may or may not be a trash fee when all is said and done, but I'd be willing to bet that if there is, an annual fee won't be part of it.

Sadly, space constraints left out the following from my story in Friday's Pride from Tom Conry:

"I think if that $100 fee would drop, and maybe if there was a slight increase in bags, maybe it would be easier to see. We just can’t break the backs of some of these people. I really don’t’ think it is a bad idea, but I think really needs fine tuning."

So that's coming from the president of the City Council, and there's going to be some options delivered to the Council for review. Does anyone really think that with options, they'd take the original version of the fee proposal?

I'm guessing for most residents, you have an all-or-nothing attitude about all of this. If you favored it before, you'll be fine with the changes. If you were against before, a reduced proposal won't make you slam the trash can lids together in celebration. I don't think there were too many folks before who were on the fence by this point.

However, for 11 people, this is an interesting situation now made even more interesting. You'd have to assume there's some council-mayor negotiations going on that will iron all this out. You'd also have to assume that with some "more attractive" options on the table, a trash fee is becoming more and more a reality.