I strongly object to bringing the bag tax back to Woodstock. We have lived without it for over a year and can live without it in the future. The city stated in an article June 17 that the tax would bring in about $5,000 a month. At 10 cents a bag, that’s about 50,000 bags. […]
Let’s think of Woodstock’s three-month-long experience last year with a single-use bag fee as a rehearsal. Now that we have experimented with encouraging shoppers to carry reusable bags, let’s do a reset when the fee – you might call it a tax – goes back into effect Aug. 1. The interruption in collections was, of […]
City to reinstate single-use bag charge Aug. 1 Woodstock’s fee on disposable bags at large local retailers will be reinstated under a proposal approved Tuesday night by the City Council. In a 7-0 vote, council members approved the 10-cent fee on paper and plastic bags that was in effect for only a few months in […]
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