| Mayor Dreams Of A Day When Residents Will Pay A Municipal Garbage Fee |
| Tue, January 14, 2025 |
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| And while the mayor is optimistic that they will be able to accomplish much more than they did last year, with inflows from new municipal securities, they still need a boost in recurrent revenue. And the city has steadily been asking for Cabinet approval to impose a municipal garbage fee - but Belmopan doesn't like anything that sounds like new taxes. Today, the mayor reiterated the appeal - to him at least - of a new garbage fee and said residents also support it:
Bernard Wagner, Mayor of Belize City
"The residents must it's your garbage that you are creating and the city has the responsibility to ensure that we are not utilizing funds that would normally be used for street rehabilitation and other operational expenses to pay your garbage to pick up your garbage that has to be at some point addressed why is Belize city differ g from all the other municipalities, ask yourself that question. All the other municipalities have legislation to collect a garbage fee and so I have not shied away from that I do believe that we have residents who want to pay I have had many discussions with residents who say mayor we want to pay a garbage fee because we are responsible contributors to our city."
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