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Effective Jan. 1, 2008, the City of Cheney began a Residential Trash and Recycling Service for all City residences, establishing trash and recycling as one of the City's utilities.

When multiple haulers drive up and down the alleys and streets, the streets and alleys deteriorate and cost the City in long term maintenance. It has been estimated that one trash truck wears down the street at the same level as 200-300 cars. By only having one trash service, the City can save your tax dollars on unnecessary street and alley maintenance.

Another reason for establishing a Residential Trash Service is that it can save individuals money. Previous trash rates in Cheney ranged from the mid $50 per quarter for basic service up to $70 per quarter for other trash services. By contracting with one trash hauler for City service, the City has been able to negotiate a price with Lies Trash Service so that trash service will now be $17 per month. This will reduce the amount that Cheney residents pay to $51 per quarter.

The City also is doing the billing for the trash service, which will generate a small fund of money. The fund will generate approximately $12,000 per year, which will be used for maintaining the streets and alleys. Starting in January of 2008, every City of Cheney, residential water customer will be assessed $17 per month (on your utility bill for trash service.

City trash and recycling will began on January 1, 2008. The trash hauler picks up trash every Monday. Because of the tremendous response from residents who have chosen to recycle, the City increased the number of days each month that Lies Trash Service picks up recycling. Beginning in August 2008, the city switched from two pickup days per month to four pickup days per month.

Residents living east of Main Street will have their recycling picked up on the first and third Mondays of each month. Residents living west of Main Street will have their recycling picked up on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. There will not be any pickup on the occasional fifth Mondays, meaning that there will occasionally be three weeks rather than two between pickup dates.

Lies Trash Service will provide each Cheney residence a 95 gallon trash cart and an 18 gallon recycling bin for the recyclables. More information on recycling can be found here. You will be responsible for having your trash and recyclables at the curb or alley by 7:00 a.m. on Mondays. You may also include in your trash up to six extra bags or bundles of limbs. Please remember that the point of recycling is to minimize the amount of trash being taken to the landfill. The City of Cheney encourages you to recycle, helping to keep our trash rates low.

The City will bill you on the utility bill for the month for which the trash and recycling service will be provided. For example, January’s trash bill will appear on the January bill which is sent January 1. You are responsible for paying for the service just as you are for all utilities by the 17th of the month.

Small commercial water accounts can contact City Hall to see if you are eligible to get trash and recycling for your business. You will only be allowed to generate one cart and six bags of non-hazardous waste.

If you have further questions or comments, you can call the City at 542-3622. If your trash is missed, you can call Lies Trash Service at 522-1699 to schedule a pick up on the next day.

As with all City utilities, January’s trash bill will be delinquent if it is not paid by the 17th of the month. It will also accrue a 5% delinquency penalty. You will have ten days to pay your utility and trash bill. If at the end of the ten days you do not pay your utility bill, then your trash service will be discontinued and your water will be shut off. During this ten days, you may come into City hall and request an extension of your utilities with a valid reason for why you can not pay your utilities. The City can give you an extension for a period of at most ten days. You will be responsible for paying your other City utilities in this extension period. If you can not pay your utilities in the extension period, your City utilities will be shut off.