Financials

Reliable Group and Pace Glass were issued more than 35 summonses and code violations.

The ordinance, which will be phased in over time, requires food businesses to transition from plastic ware to compostable and/or reusable products.

Residents could see a $12.33 increase per month for their garbage, recycling and yard waste collection services.

The plan addresses the capacities at existing waste management facilities, the city’s desire to increase waste diversion, waste reduction and the need to control costs using a long-term financial plan.

Since 2012, EPA removed more than 56,000 cubic yards of arsenic- and lead-contaminated soil from residential and commercial properties in Eureka.

The city had planned on using the funds to operate a mobile recycling center to help cover the loss of recycling centers that closed across the state.

The city plans on spending $1 million to improve its recycling program.