Dive summary:

• Mike Yenni, the mayor of Kenner, La. has proposed a bill to alter car allowances for government workers in order to pay for the city’s recycling program.
• Government workers get between a $200 and $500 monthly allowance for using their personal vehicles for work but Yenni says cutting that allowance is the best and fairest way to pay for the recycling program.
• If passed, the car allowances for 30 employees would be cut in half, enough to switch from small recycling bins to larger ones in City Park.

From the article:

"It's an additional service, and we're not going to the taxpayers and asking them to pay for it," Yenni said during City Council budget hearings Monday. The move comes less than a year after critics of the administration questioned the car allowances, which are intended to reimburse officials for using their own vehicles on the job.

In response to criticism about the allowances, the council codified the allowances in an ordinance. The city also gives some employees allowances to pay for mobile phones and data plans; those are not being reduced in the proposed budget. ...