Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
Title
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A RATE ADJUSTMENT TO THE INTEGRATED RESIDENTIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES (CITY COUNCIL)
Body
I. SUMMARY
On December 5, 2017, the City Council elected to exclusively negotiate with Waste Resources Inc. (WRI) to serve as the City's new solid waste management services provider for the collection of residential solid waste commencing July 1, 2018. With the City's selection of a new waste hauler, a new rate structure for residential solid waste services was submitted by WRI.
All residential rate adjustments must be submitted to the Los Angeles County Direct Assessment website by August 1, 2018 in order to be included in the 2018/19 property tax bill. The first billing of such new residential rates enrolled upon the property tax will be October 1, 2018.
If the proposed residential and commercial rate structures are approved, WRI proposes that there will be no further adjustment to the rate schedule for a period of three years, from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021; absent further notice and opportunity for residents to protest such adjustments. Upon expiration of the three-year period, a CPI inflationary adjustment may be applied in years 2022 and 2023.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. OPEN the Public Hearing, TAKE public testimony, ACCEPT any additional written protests, CLOSE the Public Hearing and the Mayor shall ask the City Clerk to provide a count of all protests received.
2. CONSIDER AND DISCUSS the rate adjustment to the FY18/19 through FY 20/21 integrated residential waste management services rates proposed by Waste Resources Inc.
3. APPROVE the residential component of the integrated waste management services rate structure proposed by Waste Resources Inc. for FY18/19 through FY 20/21, subject to there being no protest of a majority of all parcel owners subject to the new rate structure.
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