BY DAN SCHMIDT FOR THE OBSERVER

AUBURN – Previously proposed solid waste collection fee increases are now codified after the Auburn City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the rate hike. It is the first time the city has raised the price of its solid waste disposal services since 2014. According to Communications and Legislative Affairs Director David Dorton, the number of households the city collects garbage from has risen from 12,563 to 19,504, or 55 percent, since then. Despite having passed, those increases will not immediately go into effect. Auburn residents can expect higher prices beginning on Oct. 1 as the city looks to implement the new ordinance into its billing process. In practical terms, residential curbside service for a 96-gallon rollout cart will rise from $23.50 to

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