1 Star Review on behalf of my parents business and...

1 Star Review on behalf of my parents business and also on behalf of any small family business that has a lawn mowing, green waste or garden bag business. Council has made a terrible and ill-informed decision to increase green waste dump fees by 160 percent. This is sneaky and deceptive of the council as they are bringing it in at the same time as the state waste tax levy. Small businesses such as these have tiny profit margins however the Logan City Council does not care about these hard worker. The council wants low income businesses to wear the fee or to pass on the fee to Logan Residents- many of them are pensioners, single parents and low income earners. I'll pay the extra fee happily, but I know many people won't be able to continue to afford a service that they love. This fee is only for commercial operators, therefore it actively discriminates against residents who use this service because they are unable to do it themselves. Spoke to a council member today and was devastated by their lack of interest and the detrimental impact this will have on low profit businesses. Council assumes that businesses are a money pot that they can just take what they want from. They don t see families behind these businesses that work so hard to make ends meet. I feel for the many small businesses that will struggle, while the Council profits. It is truly disgusting and I am appalled. If this is how a council operates what future does Logan have?