Residential Herby Curby trash collection service in Hopkinsville could be going up by $3.41 each month soon as the Hopkinsville City Council Committee of the Whole forwarded on an ordinance to that effect during its regular July meeting Thursday night.
The residential rate hasn’t increased since 2006 and Hopkinsville Solid Waste General Manager Tony Sicari says costs have and continue to increase. He says he’s hopeful this increase will be the last they ask for over the next five to seven years.
The Committee forwarded on the rate increase ordinance to city council on a unanimous vote.
They also authorized Mayor Wendell Lynch, Councilman Steve Keel and local food truck vendors to work together on a possible permanent food truck park on public city-owned land. Councilman Keel says nothing is concrete, but there is interest on all sides.
One proposed site would be in the Cherokee Park flood plain area, where one truck owner says he’s already purchased land.
Hopkinsville Parks and Recreation Superintendent Tab Brockman says they’ve been pleased with attendance at the water park this summer and they’ll transition to their weekend-only schedule after schools reopen in the second week of August.