The city of Fresno's solid waste pickup services is not only out of money, leaders say, but they must soon comply with costly new state and federal environmental mandates. And, while a fee hike may not be proposed until late July, Operation Clean Up, the city's once-a-year bulky item pickup program, could be offered to people living in apartments. Fresno Department of Public Utilities Director Brock Buche told the city council on Thursday that the department needed $12.1 million more to finish the year in the positive.

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