Effective July, Carroll County will increase recycling tipping fees from $30 to $55 a ton, City Manager James Wieprecht said.

With that change of numbers are expected to change "quite dramatically," Mayor Bradley Wantz said.

Despite the updated figures, Wantz urged the continual need for all city residents to recycle as much as possible.

"It is still cheaper than soil waste at the landfill," he said.

Unfortunately, So many municipalities are doing away with their recycling programs due to costs.

"I’m really hoping the county doesn’t end up going that direction, but in the meantime, We’ll take all the savings we can and get as much recycling in the bins as we possibly can," he said.

The fiscal year water and sewer rate proposed for the New Year was also introduced and is planned to remain the same as it has been since 2017.

The city’s fiscal year 22-23 tax rate is intended to remain the same "despite the state saying by constant yield they would prefer that it be lowered," Wantz said.

In other news, Wieprecht told the City Council a cost estimate is underway for a new Taneytown public works facility.

The public works department is still working on schematic design as well as a cost estimate for a new public works facility, said Wieprecht.

The City Capital Improvement program is getting close but still not completed as several water leaks throughout the city have taken precedence over the capital improvement projects.

The team has wrapped up the water sewer, streets, stormwater management aspects, he said.

The City Council also approved reducing the surety of the Meade’s Crossing project.

Meade’s Crossing construction is currently in phase-one and is largely complete, Wieprecht said.

Approximately five percent of the road paving remains, five percent of stormwater management, and about 10 percent of sidewalks remain, he said.

Those three aspects bonded with the developer to ensure the work gets completed.

Public works recommended reducing construction surety to $86,680. "Which is 110 percent of the sum of the work left to do out there," City Manager James Weibrecht said.