City adds additional dumpster fee

The Sundance City Council agreed at a special meeting this week to introduce an “additional dumpster fee” in times of high demand in response to the extra volumes of garbage that have been collected from around town this summer.

The additional load has been caused partly by the Oneok pipeline construction, which has brought extra activity to the city through the use of such businesses as hotels and campgrounds. Clerk Treasurer Kathy Lenz told the council at July’s regular meeting that demand has been so high that CW Waste is performing two pick-ups per week to keep up with it; meanwhile businesses have been calling City Hall to request more trash cans.

Lenz informed the council that this is problematic because the city’s contract with CW Waste has a maximum 16-ton weekly limit. At the regular meeting, department heads were asked to create a fee structure to present to the council for consideration.

At the special meeting, held over the lunch hour on Tuesday, Lenz asked again for the council’s thoughts on the “issues with garbage this season”. The council voted to approve a charge of $.36 per gallon for additional trash cans and dumpsters.

The second suggestion made at the regular meeting – to institute one-time usage fees to account for the extra loads in July and August – was not approved at the special meeting.