Houston budget deal adds new trash fee after $174M shortfall fig
Houston budget deal adds new trash fee after $174M shortfall fig
Houston budget deal adds new trash fee after $174M shortfall fight But no worries, City Council approved Mayor John Whitmire's $7.5 billion budget Wednesday, closing a $174 million shortfall without raising property taxes. And he did promise not to raise your property taxes. Chill it's just 5 dollars more $5 monthly residential trash fee set to begin in July.
Galaxy100, StainlessSteelR and Kittle reacted
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Kittle : But then all the city officials relatives would have to take a pay cut.
Houston budget deal adds new trash fee after $174M shortfall fight But no worries, City Council approved Mayor John Whitmire's $7.5 billion budget Wednesday, closing a $174 million shortfall without raising property taxes. And he did promise not to raise your property taxes. Chill it's just 5 dollars more $5 monthly residential trash fee set to begin in July.
elguapo : They raise property taxes taxes by over valuing property appraisals. 
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elguapo : Is it ethical to charge for a City service I do not receive?
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If your village has private trash, like Best trash, the fee does not apply.
Chrysanthemum : They will find a way. Maybe because you have private trash, your house is worth more and they can always raise the water fees.
elguapo: $174 million shortfall created by of out of control wasteful spending.
Kittle : But then all the city officials relatives would have to take a pay cut.
elguapo : Every body raising prices, but you just watch……when prices do go down, and they will…..let's see how long we must wait for them to reverse these hikes.
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If your village has private trash, like Best trash, the fee does not apply.
Chrysanthemum : If a village has contracted with a private service, COH subsidizes the HOA for the village $6/month per home.
In MBV, the HOA sends that to Best Trash. The ~$7,200/month helps offset the cost to residents for the service.
Chris Hollins, Houston City Controller, said on the news that he doesn't understand why they are going to charge poor folk $5 per month for trash pickup when they are giving the rich folk who have private service $6 per month.
Well Chris, here's a hint. COH Solid Waste does not have the equipment nor the manpower to add thousands upon thousands of additional homes for pickup. I hear this Directly from Mark Wilfork the previous COH Solid Waste Manager firsthand on several occasions. The other thing Chris is the "rich folk" want reliable service. It has been this way for 30+/- years. Finally, one of the provisions in the original proposal for charging for COH garbage pickup is that when the fee incrementally hits its maximum of $25/month that the "rich folk" would also lose their subsidy.
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If your village has private trash, like Best trash, the fee does not apply.
Chrysanthemum : That is what they say. I'm afraid they will find a way to justify charging us. Maybe they will stop giving our HOAs money to go towards our private garbage service. Just watch, They will find a way to make us pay to.
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elguapo : Every body raising prices, but you just watch……when prices do go down, and they will…..let's see how long we must wait for them to reverse these hikes.
Ruger5 : They won't reverse it!
elguapo : Every body raising prices, but you just watch……when prices do go down, and they will…..let's see how long we must wait for them to reverse these hikes.Ruger5: The hikes will not be reversed.
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