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Will Lacey City Council vote to suspend 5-cent bag fee?
After learning that some stores in Lacey are no longer allowing people to use their own personal shopping bags because of concerns about germs — a fear likely stoked by the current coronavirus outbreak — Mayor Andy Ryder suggested to Lacey City Council Thursday night they suspend the five-cent fee that stores charge for paper bags.
That charge stems from plastic bag bans that were passed in Lacey and other Thurston County jurisdictions a few years ago.
Ryder told the council during its work session that he only wanted to suspend the fee in the current crisis.
“I’m just trying to get through this time,” he said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/will-lacey-city-council-vote-to-suspend-5-cent-bag-fee/ar-BB11t5kP