The City Council Tuesday is expected to give final approval to a proposed ordinance increasing trash collection fees, the first rate adjustment in 17 years, with the rate hike expected to hit customers next month.

Last week, council members voted 12-2 to approve the ordinance, which will require a second vote Tuesday before it can be sent to Mayor Karen Bass for consideration. Once signed by the mayor, the ordinance will go into effect after 30 days.

Council members Adrin Nazarian and Monica Rodriguez had opposed the increase while Councilman Curren Price was absent during the vote.

Earlier this year, council members instructed the Bureau of Sanitation and City Attorney’s office to draft the ordinance to update fees for its trash collection service, formally known as the Solid Resources

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