Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
Title
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION 18-038 A RATE ADJUSTMENT TO THE INTEGRATED COMMERCIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES RATES (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 hauler for the collection of residential and commercial solid waste commencing July 1, 2018. With the City's selection of a new waste hauler, a new rate structure for all solid waste services was submitted by WRI. The residential rate component of WRI's new rate structure was heard by the Council on March 20, 2018, and there was no majority protest from single-family residential property owners.
This action item pertains to the commercial rate adjustments (including multi-family properties). As in prior years, commercial properties will be directly billed on a monthly basis for commercial solid waste collection services. The "Proposition 218 Notice" attached hereto as Exhibit No. 2 further details the proposed rate structure and billing information.
If the proposed residential rates (already approved) 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 until July 1, 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.
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 integrated commercial waste management service rates proposed by WRI.
3. APPROVE the commer...
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