Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
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REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE OF THE PUBIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A RATE ADJUSTMENT TO THE INTEGRATED COMMERCIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES (CITY COUNCIL)
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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 service provider for the collection of residential and commercial solid waste commencing July 1, 2018. With the City's selection of a new provider, a new rate structure for all solid waste services was submitted by WRI.
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 property owners to protest such adjustments. Upon expiration of the three-year period, a CPI inflationary adjustment may be applied in the years 2022 and 2023.
On January 5, 2018, the Notices of Public Hearing regarding the rate adjustment to the commercial component of the proposed solid waste services were mailed by the United States Postal Services (Exhibit 1). However, the first billing date notice should have read July 1, 2018 instead of October 1, 2018.
Although the City is not legally required to provide notice of billing cycle details, in the interest of public transparency and outreach the City has chosen to mail commercial property owners a notice of the correct billing cycle information (i.e., the July 1 start date for the commercial billing cycle). Thus, City staff recommends continuing the public hearing on the commercial rate component of the proposed new refuse rate structure to March 20, 2018, to allow commercial property owners a more meaningful opportunity to comment upon the proposed rate structure and billing cycle.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. APPROVE a continuan...
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