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Council decides on fee rates for the year 2023

The fee rates for waste disposal, street cleaning and wastewater disposal were approved by the Bonn City Council on December 12, 2022. A family of four "Mustermann" will pay slightly lower property charges overall in 2023.

After the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia changed the case law on the basis of fee calculations in its decision of May 2022, the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia passed an amendment to the Municipal Fees Act of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 8, 2022, according to which an imputed interest rate of 3.25 percent is lawful for the calendar year 2023. According to the original bill, only an interest rate of 2.43 percent would have been possible. The administration reacted to this at short notice and again introduced slightly modified fee statutes in the council meeting of December 12, 2022.

Waste water

The wastewater fee will fall from 2.83 to 2.64 euros per cubic meter (minus 6.71 percent), the stormwater fee from 1.47 euros to 1.40 euros per square meter of property draining into the sewer (minus 4.76 percent). For the sample family of four with a fresh water consumption of 150 cubic meters and a house plot with a built-up and paved area of 120 square meters, this will result in a wastewater charge of 564 euros (minus 36.90 euros compared to 2022); this corresponds to an overall percentage relief of 6.14 percent.

Waste

In the case of waste, the fee requirement will increase in 2023 due to higher personnel, energy and material costs, among other things. As a result, the fee rates for residual waste disposal will increase by 6.70 percent compared to 2022. The family of four "Mustermann" with a 120 liter residual waste garbage can and fortnightly emptying will have to pay an annual fee of 229.04 euros; this corresponds to an increase of 14.38 euros or 6.70 percent.

Street cleaning

Deducting the city's share, the fee requirement for street cleaning will also increase due to rising personnel, energy and material costs. As a result, the fee rates for regular streets will be raised to between 4.57 euros (+0.44 euros) and 6.53 euros (+0.63 euros) per front meter, depending on the type of street, and for streets with increased cleaning effort (cleaning class D) to between 6.40 euros (+0.62 euros) and 9.14 euros (+0.88 euros) per front meter, depending on the type of street. If you own a single-family house - 15 meters frontage, residential street, weekly cleaning - you will have to pay an annual fee of 97.95 euros (plus 9.45 euros or 10.68 percent).

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