Ever since the August 13th public hearing on the City of Fishers’ proposed trash collection contract, there have been comments, then and since, about the $2 per month, per resident, administrative fee.  When this was raised at the August 13th hearing, Mayor Scott Fadness said this fee is needed to provide support and customer service required for the city to do its work in establishing and running the city’s side of the proposed pact with Republic.

“The City of Fishers will manage and administer the billing of residential units, as a part of the city-wide trash contract.” Fishers says in its Web posting..  “In effectively providing billing services and related customer support, a $2 administration fee is included in the proposed monthly trash rates. The $2 administration fee is NOT an additional fee to the proposed rates, but is already included in the proposed rates.”

There have been a number of comments online and in public hearings about where the $2 per month fee would go.  The city provided a listing of how the revenue from this administrative fee would be utilized by the city.  The breakdown, provided by the city, is available above.  Below are the proposed monthly rates for each year in the 10-year contract proposal with Republic.