Richmond bills set to climb this summer
Locals who live in or visit the city of Richmond should expect to pay a little more for services and fees later this year, The Richmonder's Graham Moomaw reports.
Why it matters: If all the proposed increases are approved, coupled with a likely coming-soon increase from Dominion Energy, Richmonders will be paying just over $26 more a month for their regular bills starting this summer.
The big picture: Mayor Avula's proposed city budget for the next fiscal year includes fee increases for roughly half a dozen city services or fines, from parking and recycling to trash pickup and water bills, per The Richmonder's review.
By the numbers:
♻️ Monthly recycling fees would go from $2.99 ➡️ $4.33.
🗑️ Solid waste charge (aka, trash pickup), from $23.75 a month ➡️ $24.75.
⏱️ On-street parking via meters, from $2 an hour ➡️ $2.50 an hour.
🚗 Parking in a city-owned lot or deck, from $1, $2 or $5 an hour ➡️ $2, $3 or $6 an hour, while monthly parkers who currently pay between $55 and $155 would pay $5 more.
🅿️ Parking tickets, from $25 ➡️ $30.
🧯Tickets if you block a fire hydrant or park on the sidewalk (which can include one tire slightly on the curb, per our lived experience), $40 ➡️ $50.
That's in addition to a possible $12.83 monthly utility bill hike for gas, water and wastewater, as Axios previously reported.
Meanwhile, Dominion Energy petitioned the SCC this month to approve rate increases that would raise Virginia's power bills by around 15% over the next two years, per VPM.
If approved, bills would go up by $10.92 in July and then another $10.51 over the next two years.
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