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Contact: Jim Collins
Phone: 336-373-2105

City Increases Fees for Some Services and Activities
Increases approved as part of FY 2010-11 Budget.

GREENSBORO, NC – (June 23, 2010) – Beginning July 1, fees for some City of Greensboro services and activities will increase. These fee increases were recently approved by Greensboro City Council as part of the FY 2010-11 Budget. Fee increases include:

Water Rate: Water rates for City of Greensboro water customers will increase 6 percent.

Parking: Fee increases for parking violations are as follows:

  • $10 per violation (up from $5): expired meter, over allowed time, parked more than eight feet into street, non-parking space, facing opposite traffic, between roadway and property line, and double parked
  • $25 per violation (up from $10): obstruction of sidewalk
  • $50 per violation (up from $25): parking within five feet of a fire hydrant.

Activated Security Alarms: Fee increases for activated security alarms are as follows:

  • First two activations: no charge
  • Activations 3-6: $50
  • Activations 7-9: $100
  • 10+ Activations: $250.

Parks and Recreation: Fees for athletic programs, shelter rentals, watershed parks, fishing permits, the Greensboro Sportsplex and the Gillespie Park Golf Course will increase. Get a complete list of Parks and Recreation fee increases at www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/Parks.

Recycling and trash pickup: The cost of extra trash or recycling rolling containers will be $20 less, at $50 per can.

Field Operations: Field Operations will begin offering dumpster customers trash collection four times a week for $227 and five times a week for $257. This is a new service. Field Operations will also reduce the fee for additional trash and recycling containers from $70 to $50.

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