Green River City Council approved a nearly $22.8 million budget Tuesday night. This is the same amount approved as last year. As the budget remains the same for Green River, city fees are on the rise.
“As costs go up normally we did small increases to cover those costs,” City Administrator Reed Clevenger said.
Water, sewer and waste fees have been raised two percent. Among the sewer fees raised, monthly residential sewer user fees were raised 30 cents, from $16.61 to $16.94. Fees in solid waste and garbage rates, fees and charges went up. Monthly residential service and commercial/business 90 gallon container fees raised from$24.50 to $24.99. Monthly commercial service, pick up for each container was raised from $17 to $17.34.
Fees incorporated into parks and recreation have been raised as well. Some of the Recreation Center member fees have been raised including their active military personnel and veterans rates, and senior citizen discounted rates. Active military personnel and veterans‘ daily, monthly and annual discount fees were raised from $2.50, $20 and $170, to $3, $25, and $200. Senior citizens‘ daily and monthly discount fees were doubled from $1 and $5, to $2 and $10. A new $100 annual senior citizen rate was added as well.
Other fees raised were cemetery columbarium fees. The fees for the columbarium, or niche to hold the funeral earns, was changed from flat $753 charge for a niche, each holding two cremations, to a more specified fee system. Now, for a niche, double space, the fee will be $400 with each additional cremain $100.
A niche, single space will be $300.
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