To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: ANDREW WINJE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ARAKELIAN ENTERPRISES INC., DBA ATHENS SERVICES, PROPOSED SOLID WASTE CHARGES AND FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 AND TO CONSIDER ANY PROTEST AGAINST THE WRITTEN REPORT
ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NO. CC-2506-033 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING CONTRACTOR'S CHARGES AND CORRESPONDING CITY FEES FOR RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, AND COMMERCIAL REFUSE COLLECTION FOR THE 2025-26 FISCAL YEAR AND ORDERING THE ANNUAL REFUSE CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 TO BE COLLECTED ON THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TAX ROLL
PROCEDURES:
a. Open the Public Hearing
b. Take Testimony
c. Close the Public Hearing
d. Adopt by Title Only Resolution No. CC-2506-033
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On June 18, 2019, the City Council approved the first amendment to the agreement with Athens Services for the continuation of solid waste handling services for a term of nine years, plus a two-year optional extension. The amendment allows for new refuse collection base rates to be determined every year according to a defined methodology contained therein. In FY 2024-25, the City conducted a Proposition 218 process and approved the rates and methodology for rate increases for the next five years (or earlier, if there is a proposed change to the approved rate structure). Beginning in FY 2024-25 the typical annual base rate adjustment includes the calculated adjustment, plus a 1% annual increase. For FY 2025-26 the refuse collection rate adjustment is determined to be 3.6% for both residential and commercial customers.
The 3.6% is reflective of a cumulative cost increase across the Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index, and other cost components of 2.6% plus the annual 1% increase to account for market variances in the solid waste industry. Adding these factors brings the total recommended percentage increase for single family, mu...
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