Residents prefer service cut to higher trash fees

DeKalb County residents would rather lose a second day of trash pick-up every week than pay another $40 a year.

That’s according to separate studies – informal ones conducted online and at public meetings and a more formal survey from the Kennesaw Research Center – that found more than 60 percent favored reduced service.

DeKalb stands to lose $5 million this year on sanitation service, due to rising expenses. To offset the loss, the county has studied an increase to the $265 annual fee or cutting back on service.