Springfield Mayoral candidate Justin Hurst says the city should spend about three point seven million dollars in free cash and other unrestricted funds to eliminate the trash fee for next year.
The city has about 68 million dollars in unrestricted funds, about 41 million of that from a settlement with Eversource settling disputes over property taxes.
The proposal is the first since announcing his run for the office.
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