Hopkinsville City Council approved a residential trash rate increase on first-reading at Tuesday’s meeting, meaning residential Herby Curby trash collection service in Hopkinsville would be going up by $3.41 each month.
Hopkinsville Solid Waste General Manager Tony Sicari brought the request before council due to steadily increasing service costs and he’s hopeful this will be last increase they request for a good while. It also raises the rates for apartments and economy collection to $25, which are increases of $10.13 and $12.83 respectively and Sicari says to make rates uniform across the board to hopefully be fairer to all customers.
Rates on residential trash collection haven’t been increased since 2006—the increase is set to begin on September 1 following second-reading.
Mayor Wendell Lynch says they are closely monitoring the rise in COVID-19 cases locally, and he urges everyone to stay safe and keep up those best health practices to help themselves and others healthy and keep the economy going strong.
In other action, council approved a municipal order establishing a housing incentive district in the area of Eagle Cove and Talon Drive, to allow for development of more single-family housing in that area.