Selectmen have voted unanimously to maintain trash fees at $216 a year, even though figures released this week show a surplus of about $100,000 was collected in each of the last two years. Town Manager Charles J. Cristello presented selectmen with a financial analysis Monday night of fiscal year 2008 trash fees that showed annual expenses at $999,851 and revenue at $1,107,724, leaving a surplus of $107,873.  Cristello estimated the surplus was the same in fiscal year 2007. He estimated the town broke even in 2006, when the trash fee was instituted. Of the 7,000 residential homes in Middleboro, Cristello estimated that 4,600, or 67 percent, participate in trash collection. Some residents prefer to use a sticker system and not pay the quarterly fee of $54. Click here to read the rest of the article on EnterpriseNews.com. (Brockton Enterprise, February 26, 2009)