ncc1701- EXACTLY- I hear this is a MISSPRINT!

On Council to consider annual garbage collection fee

Posted on August 9 at 10:55 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
PARK PLACE NEWS FEB 2008
I am tired of hearing we don't pay for trash pick up-
"Sanitation – Encompasses trash and recycling collection and disposal programs, including waste, tire and appliance
recycling, management of sanitary and demolition landfills and compost facility and twice-yearly yard waste collection.
Program costs are also paid for by user fees, such as sanitary landfill and drop-off fees. $13.45 $1.12"

@ljs64
Can't think of any thing better to say? The boys should have not been out there, this could have still happen even with a life guard on duty. How many times in Wisconsin has this happen this year already?
Alot of people are just getting sick of paying City workers just sit on their butts all day and do you know what. But the good old unions are their to protect them.

Where are all the whiners that blasted the City of Janesville because they cut out lifeguards at Lions Beach to save $60,000 per year and a young boy died because he chose to swim beyond the roped swimming area? And now you are complaining about being charged $40.00 a YEAR for garbage pick up?
Hypocrits........

tjrockcounty-I've seen the huge mounds of processed dirt next to the grass compost area, but I would question if and how they extract the stuff from where people dump tree limbs and chunked up concrete. My suggestion is that the city charge those business dumping off their waste at the compost site if they are looking at raising a little coin.

The cost comes down to 11.5 cents a day per household or 80.5 cents a week. I know I generate more garbage than that per day. I'm willing to pay my way in this world and not whine about it.

mtndew- The organic waste that tree and grass cutting services deposit does not require the maintanence that manmade trash does. It all turns into mulch and then dirt used to cover up all our commercial garbage. That's why they don't charge them for it.

redder, please let us know when you take this job. We'll all put out several 50 lbs containers on your entire route. If you have trash that heavy, you deserve to drive it to the dump yourself. If the city wants to increase revenue, they should make the tree service companies and grass cutting services foot the bill for the dump truck size loads they drop at the compost site every day. What a joke. Taxpayers pay for that stuff to be handled with expensive equipment.

@gmqoF3
one thing your garbage cost more would be that your city doesn't own their own land fill like Janesville does. That will also keep the price down alot with somebody else doing it.

Billnewbie:
Yes; the whole "fee" is just a fancy euphemism used by politicians to avoid saying a tax increase. That way when election time comes around they can run on this ridiculous, far fetched platitude, that we "held the line, and did not raise any taxes". Right, but every fee in the world went through the roof. Just off the top of my head you have had increases in driver license registration fees, utility fees, and telecom fees over the last few years. Those things are used by pretty much everyone. Many fees on gaming, and recreation, have also exploded. I seriously doubt they will be declared illegal in any way, considering the tactic has been in use for a few years now.

Wow, Counsilman Steeber didn't chime in on this topic? Totally shocked not to see his name splattered throughout the article!!! Oh, and on a side note, I can't wait to retire and move away from Wisconsin and to a state that is NOT a tax hell hole. . .

billnewbie
Aug 10, 2010 at 10:45 p.m.
Suggest removal They can't raise taxes to cover this expense because of the state law that caps levy limits. So they want to impose a "fee" instead. Doesn't this "loophole" in the levy limit law violate the spirit of that law? Did anyone consult the Attorney General's office for a legal opinion, you know, to see if this "fee" imposition is legal? Does anyone on the council care whether it is legal or not? Or maybe deceptive tax practices are acceptable now in Wisconsin. I'll bet the state wouldn't allow private business or citizens to get away with something like this. Maybe we can all get our employers to start paying us income tax free "fees" for expense reimbursements like gasoline to get to and from work and living expenses that support our ability to work, rather than pay it all in wages or salaries that are taxable. Will the government sit still for that I wonder?

that's a daddy bush trick. read my lips no new taxes just user fees.

They can't raise taxes to cover this expense because of the state law that caps levy limits. So they want to impose a "fee" instead. Doesn't this "loophole" in the levy limit law violate the spirit of that law? Did anyone consult the Attorney General's office for a legal opinion, you know, to see if this "fee" imposition is legal? Does anyone on the council care whether it is legal or not? Or maybe deceptive tax practices are acceptable now in Wisconsin. I'll bet the state wouldn't allow private business or citizens to get away with something like this. Maybe we can all get our employers to start paying us income tax free "fees" for expense reimbursements like gasoline to get to and from work and living expenses that support our ability to work, rather than pay it all in wages or salaries that are taxable. Will the government sit still for that I wonder?

Get the fees for me from Obama, he's going to have all my money by then anyway.

In Milton, we contract out. We've had different companies over the years, and actually, I believe my trash bill is MUCH higher than just $14 a quarter... not sure, but at least the present setup is trash is picked up EVERY week, Recycling every OTHER week... Large "items" (furniture, appliances, etc) the first of every month and seasonal yard waste during the spring and fall.

Worth it to me.

I agree totally....we are the last one around it seems and the newer containers are so convenient. Plus the the baby garbage nazi's who cann't pick up more than a 50 lbs bad that my 9 year olds carry to the street, would be gone. We would get better service and again I agree, no trucks to buy or maintain. So what say you counsil, are you going to bury your head in the sand...AGAIN

another way they could save alot of money, is dump City pick up. Have it contract out. This would save the city alot more money in the long term. No truck to service, no new ones to buy, they don't have worry any more about all the drivers sleeping on routes. They need to go to the containers like most other big companys are doing already. Janesville is so behind times.