sanitation fees

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says that while he understands many people aren't happy about an increase in city sanitation fees. the fact is the increase was needed.

Recently, the majority of the Cheyenne City Council decided to vote yes on an 8% tax (fee) increase on the public's sanitation fees for at least one year.

Cheyenne City Councilman Dicky Shanor says that while the city sanitation department clearly needs more money, he would back a smaller fee increase over more years to raise the needed funds.

When the sanitation resolution was voted and passed by Cheyenne City Council, we understood that to be lower rates for us. Not so much now.

Mayor Rick Kaysen says so far the question of making up the funding shortfall to other agencies remains a stumbling block.

The 3.4 percent figure matches the increase in the southeast Wyoming Consumer Price Index over the last year.

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says that while he understands that some people don't like increasing sanitation fees in view of the fact that they raise money beyond what is neccesary to fund sanitation operations, the money generated helps pay for other areas of city government that can't generate their own funding...