Label
Municipal solid waste fees
Department of Public Service
Joe Fausnaugh, Megan Robson
Revised
Title
Repealing Section 963.03(b) of the Toledo Municipal Code and enacting a new Section 963.03(b) to revise the monthly municipal solid waste fees; and declaring an emergency.
Body
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This Ordinance authorizes an increase in the monthly municipal solid waste fee proposed to cover landfill costs and curbside refuse and recycling collection costs. Fees were last increased in 2016.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That Section 963.03(b) of the Toledo Municipal Code, which reads as follows:
(b) After April 1, 2016 for the periodic disposal of garbage and rubbish from any dwelling, restaurant, retail store, apartment house or office building, the property owner shall pay a monthly refuse fee based on the following schedule, provided that where the structure consists of multiple units, the monthly fee shall be per unit:
Non-Homestead Homestead
$11.50 $6.50
The Director of Public Service may establish regulations governing waivers or reduction of the fee for owners of structures who have in force a contract with a commercial hauler to collect garbage and rubbish from their premises. The Director of Public Service may also establish regulations governing waivers or reduction of the fee for homeowners who have been determined to be eligible for the Senior/Homestead Discount Program as specified in subsection 933.02(a)(7).
is repealed.
SECTION 2. That new Section 963.03(b) of the Toledo Municipal Code is enacted to read as follows:
(b) After June 1, 2026 for the periodic disposal of garbage and rubbish from any dwelling, restaurant, retail store, apartment house or office building, the property owner shall pay a monthly refuse fee based on the following schedule, provided that where the structure consists of multiple units, the monthly fee shall be per unit:
Non-Homestead Homestead
$18.50 $10.50
After January 1, 2027 for the periodic disposal of garbage and rubbish from any dwelling, restaurant, retail store, apartment house or office building, the property owner shall pay a monthly refuse fee based on the following schedule, provided that where the structure consists of multiple units, the monthly fee shall be per unit:
Non-Homestead Homestead
$20.00 $11.25
After January 1, 2028 for the periodic disposal of garbage and rubbish from any dwelling, restaurant, retail store, apartment house or office building, the property owner shall pay a monthly refuse fee based on the following schedule, provided that where the structure consists of multiple units, the monthly fee shall be per unit:
Non-Homestead Homestead
$21.50 $12.00
The Director of Public Service may establish regulations governing waivers or reduction of the fee for owners of structures who have in force a contract with a commercial hauler to collect garbage and rubbish from their premises. The Director of Public Service may also establish regulations governing waivers or reduction of the fee for homeowners who have been determined to be eligible for the Senior/Homestead Discount Program as specified in subsection 933.02(a)(7).
SECTION 3. That this Ordinance, being an emergency measure shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare and for the further reason that this Ordinance is necessary to permit an increase in municipal solid waste fees.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 11 nays 0.
Passed: May 26, 2026, as an emergency measure: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Vanice S. Williams
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: May 27, 2026
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor