Title:
Title
Ordinance Amending City's Fee and Charge Report for Recycling and Solid Waste Utility Service Rates [Passed for Publication 10/22/2019; Noticed 10/11/2019 & 10/15/2019; Published 10/25/2019] {Continued from 11/05/2019}
End
FileID
File ID: 2019-01376
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Conduct a public hearing and upon conclusion, adopt an Ordinance amending the City's Fee and Charge Report to increase Recycling and Solid Waste rates, consisting of an increase of 7.43%, 7.47%, 7.49% and 7.51% for FY2019/20, FY2020/21, FY2021/22, and FY2022/23 respectively.
Contact: Jerome Council, Integrated Waste General Manager, (916) 808-4949; Janice Conerly-Coleman, Support Services Manager (916) 808-2683, Department of Public Works
Body
Presenter: Jerome Council, Integrated Waste General Manager, (916) 808-4949, Department of Public Works
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Ordinance
3-Exhibit A - Recycling and Solid Waste Rates (Clean)
4-Exhibit B - Recycling and Solid Waste Rates (Redline)
5-Exhibit C - Proposition 218 Protest Results
6-Exhibit D - Recycling and Solid Waste 2019 Rate Proposal Outreach Summary
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Current Recycling and Solid Waste (RSW) rates for garbage, recycling, and yard waste were set in 2015 for a three-year span through 2018 to align revenues with expenditures. RSW is into the second year without rate adjustments under the previous rates, and expenditures are exceeding revenues. The use of fund balance (prudent reserves) is helping to bridge the gap; however, the fund balance will be depleted in FY2022/23 if rates are not adjusted.
Proposition 218 requires that a utility service provider must charge what it costs to provide service.
Below are summaries of the Solid Waste Fund without and with the proposed rate increase.
Table 1: Solid Waste Fund without Proposed Rate Increase
($ in 000s)
FY20
Proposed
FY21
Projection
FY22
Projection
FY23
Projection
FY2...
Click here for full text