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Council May Drop Trash Fee, Nutter Wants The Money

City Council's Committee on Streets and Services is set to consider legislation at 2 p.m. this afternoon that would repeal a $500 fee the city is about to start charging small businesses for trash pick-up. That concerns Mayor Nutter, who said he spoke last week with Councilman Frank DiCicco -- who introduced the legislation on Sept. 17 -- and expects to have more conversation with Council on the issue.

City Council's Committee on Streets and Services is set to consider legislation at 2 p.m. this afternoon that would repeal a $500 fee the city is about to start charging small businesses for trash pick-up.  That concerns Mayor Nutter, who said he spoke last week with Councilman Frank DiCicco -- who introduced the legislation on Sept. 17 -- and expects to have more conversation with Council on the issue.

Nutter stressed that the city is counting on the $7 million per year the new fee would bring in from 15,000 small businesses.  Nutter wasn't sure how close the Department of Streets was to implementing the fee, which was unanimously approved by Council in May.

"It's revenue we've counted on in our budget and five-year plan," Nutter said of the fee. "It has serious financial implications."