Dec. 2022 | Vol. 19 Iss. 12
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RECYCLING FEES BUMP UP By Zak Sonntag | z.sonntag@mycityjournals.com
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asatch Front Waste and Recycling District is slated to increase its fee rates on service members, including most households in Holladay, by an additional $2.50 per home per month, bringing the annual fee from $204 to $234. The additional revenue is meant to cover increased costs of maintenance, fuel and disposal fees, with a big chunk to be used to boost wages to be market competitive. The district hopes that by lifting salaries it can attract new drivers specifically, which has proven difficult in the last half decade with a tightening labor market that led to a nationwide driver shortage beginning in 2019. “This isn’t just us. Salt Lake City struggles to get their drivers for garbage and recycling collection, and Draper, and the private haulers (like) Ace and Republic. We’re all struggling and competing with construction markets, long haul drivers. You name it,” said Pam Roberts, general manager of Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District, who explained that CDL drivers are especially hard to come by. “We’re all competing with one another to try to keep up and offer a good salary and benefit package that we can attract and retain them,” Roberts said. The district is currently six drivers short of its 62 driver allocation, which puts extra stress on its CDL drivers to meet client needs through overtime work. In an attempt to attract and retain drivers, the district hired compensation consultants to conduct salary market analysis in 2019 and again in 2022. Roberts says the fee increase will help the district offer more market competitive salaries and rebuild its team. Continued page 8 A sideloader truck makes rounds in Holladay. (Zak Sonntag/City Journals)
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