The Hopkinsville Solid Waste Enterprise is asking the city council for a rate increase.
During Thursday evening’s Hopkinsville Committee of the Whole meeting, General Manager Tony Sicari said rates needed to be raised by $3.41 a month and is the first increase since it was formed in 2006.
Sicari added costs have risen over the last five years, and it costs about $75 an hour to operate the trucks.
Hopkinsville City Council could approve the new rate at the Tuesday, August 3 meeting.
