Lincoln residents receive first billing from new trash service
Rate increase an error

 

[April 06, 2022] 

At the Monday night meeting of the Lincoln City Council, Mayor Tracy Welch noted that Lincoln residents this week are receiving their first billing from the new trash service provider, GFL.

He said there is a note on the bills that says, “Due to increased costs, your next invoice may reflect a price increase.” Welch said this is inaccurate. The company had placed that note in the billing system by default and then was unable to remove it from the bills issued to Lincoln residents.

Welch said that GFL is honoring their agreement with the city and will maintain the same rate fee for 2022 as was in place in 2021. There will be a rate increase coming, but not until 2023.

Residents within the city limits are encouraged to disregard the note on the billing.

Welch also noted that this does not apply to Logan County residents, living outside the city limits, but with Lincoln addresses. Those rates are not subject to the contract between the city and GFL.

It was also noted that for those residents who make automatic payments out of the checking accounts, the payments to Area Disposal should be cancelled and a new auto-pay set up for the new company.

The city of Lincoln extended its contract with Area Disposal in October of 2021 and at that same time learned that the company would be selling to GFL. Aldermen were told that GFL would maintain the agreement with the city as outlined in the extension documents.

There will be a rate increase in 2023 and each year thereafter through the length of the contract, which will expire in 2026.

Published in Lincoln Daily News October 22, 2021:

The current standard rate for residential service is $16.33 per month.

Rate changes will occur annually beginning with March 1, 2023

 

Effective Date	Standard Rate	Senior/Disabled Rate
03/01/2022	$16.33	$14.55
03/01/2023	$16.74	$14.91
03/01/2024	$17.16	$15.91
03/01/2025	$18.13	$15.67
03/01/2026	$18.58	$16.06

The multi-family residential rates will be graduated

The multi-family residential rates will be graduated according to the size of the dumpster starting at $75 per month for a two-yard dumpster up to $150 per month for an eight-yard container.

[Nila Smith]