Garbage rate increases approved

Garbage rate increases approved

The Oxford Board of Aldermen approved an increase in garbage collection rates for residential and commercial customers. The monthly residential garbage collection fee will go from $22 a month to $29 a month, a $7 increase, or about 32%. A public hearing was held Tuesday; however, no one from the public spoke at the meeting. According to Amberlyn Liles, superintendent of Oxford Environmental Services, the last increase to residential garbage coll…