New Orleans considers increasing trash fees

The big picture: Moreno on Monday urged the City Council to review sanitation rates, with the expectation that they will introduce an ordinance at Thursday's meeting.

• Residents currently pay $24 per month for once-a-week garbage and recycling collection.
• The fee generates $38 million a year for the city, but the city pays $62 million for sanitation, she says.
• The city has been paying the difference from its general fund, she says, but it can't do that any longer with the ongoing fiscal crisis.

What we're watching: She declined to say what the new rate could be or when it could go into effect.

• When Jefferson Parish increased rates a couple years ago, officials there dropped curbside recycling to trim monthly costs.
• Moreno says the city would look at adding more services to justify the increased rates.