Garbage Recycling Bill
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
Well this made me laugh even though i should be seething at the 100% increase!!!!!!!!!!
Just got our quarterly utility invoice from District of West Kelowna and there has been an increase in the cost for garbage/recycling/yard waste collection from $15.19 to $45.69, that's a huge increase in percentage terms but i guess whats an extra 30 bucks every 3 months.
Anyway in with the invoice was an explanatory letter saying that the increase is "largely due to a new collection contract and new automated collection program" It goes on to explain that the increased fee includes "weekly collection costs, finance costs for the new waste carts, maintenance for the new waste carts, and tipping fees for Glenmore landfill"
To add to this there is also a $1.24 fuel allowance which apparently "goes into an reserve account to be saved for use if needed to offset unforseen or increased fuel cost charges from the collector" It doesn't say if we get this refunded should fuel get cheaper. Lol
So i got to thinking maybe i should have a go at this. My duct cleaning is now going to start at $500 to cover my financing costs and maintenance of the trucks and in readiness for the huge fuel increase that usually happens in the summer i will be adding a further $5.00 for fuel surcharge that may be needed in the future but till then it goes into my bank and earns interest for me. Problem is i wouldn't have any customers left so i couldn't do it but we didn't have a say in whether we had these new bins and the new service it's compulsory so they seem to have us over a barrel.
Just got our quarterly utility invoice from District of West Kelowna and there has been an increase in the cost for garbage/recycling/yard waste collection from $15.19 to $45.69, that's a huge increase in percentage terms but i guess whats an extra 30 bucks every 3 months.
Anyway in with the invoice was an explanatory letter saying that the increase is "largely due to a new collection contract and new automated collection program" It goes on to explain that the increased fee includes "weekly collection costs, finance costs for the new waste carts, maintenance for the new waste carts, and tipping fees for Glenmore landfill"
To add to this there is also a $1.24 fuel allowance which apparently "goes into an reserve account to be saved for use if needed to offset unforseen or increased fuel cost charges from the collector" It doesn't say if we get this refunded should fuel get cheaper. Lol
So i got to thinking maybe i should have a go at this. My duct cleaning is now going to start at $500 to cover my financing costs and maintenance of the trucks and in readiness for the huge fuel increase that usually happens in the summer i will be adding a further $5.00 for fuel surcharge that may be needed in the future but till then it goes into my bank and earns interest for me. Problem is i wouldn't have any customers left so i couldn't do it but we didn't have a say in whether we had these new bins and the new service it's compulsory so they seem to have us over a barrel.
