Will Strongsville Start Charging for Trash Pickup?
Mayor says lots of other cities are billing residents for weekly rubbish collection
Mayor Tom Perciak raised the idea of charging residents for rubbish collection, but said Strongsville has not reached the point where it will start billing -- yet. The mayor, speaking at a hearing on Strongsville's 2013 budget, called the $2.3 million trash fund "a huge amount of money." "I can see why most municipalities around us are looking at this in a whole new light and started passing along the cost to residents," Perciak said. Communities including Brook Park, Berea and Parma Heights now charge for curbside refuse pickup, he said. "We've stayed away from that and we plan on staying away from that if we continue to rev the engines of economic growth," Perciak said. Income tax collection is up 4.6 percent this year over 2011, …
Lisa
9:06 am on Thursday, January 3, 2013
I moved to Strongsville with my family for a nicer and SAFER place to live. With all the taxes and fees they like to charge and school levy almost every year I believe it is time to relocate. I wouldn't mind as much but when Strongsville mall is looking like, what was once a beautiful mall, (North Randall Mall) that is an indication of what Strongsville city will be in a few years! Obviously, … more ›