ROCKLAND, Maine — The cost of a dump sticker may jump about 30 percent next month.
The City Council will consider Monday night whether the cost of an annual dump sticker should increase from $95 to $125.
The council agreed last year that the prices should increase as a way to meet the cost of waste disposal while also encouraging recycling. The price last year was increased from $65 to $95.
The cost for commercial haulers to dispose of wastes at the transfer station are proposed to increase from $120 to $130 per ton.
The changes, if approved, would take effect May 1. The council is scheduled to discuss the matter Monday night with a formal vote scheduled for April 11.
Residents also have the option of paying a per bag fee if they do not want to purchase an annual sticker. The costs of bags are not proposed to change this year. They are at $2.25 for a 33-gallon bag, $1.50 for a 22-gallon bag and 75 cents for a 12-gallon bag.
Residents who use one or fewer of the 33-gallon bags per week would save money if they went the per bag route rather than the annual sticker.
The city also is considering ending the annual spring cleanup in which public services employees collect yard waste left along the sides of streets by residents.
“Considering that the transfer station provides free disposal of yard waste, the city will not have a formalized spring cleanup this year. Instead the Public Services Department will continue to provide transportation repairs on sidewalks and streets,” City Manager James Chaousis stated in his weekly report on March 25.
Chaousis said Friday he will present a cost analysis to the councilors Monday night on the cleanup and he expects they will discuss the issue.
Last spring, the city manager said he retained the cleanup because of historical considerations rather than effectiveness.