To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: TED SEMAAN, 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 2022-2023
ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NO. CC-2206-034, 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 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR
PROCEDURES:
a. Open Public Hearing, take testimony; and
b. Close Public Hearing; and
c. Adopt by Title Only Resolution No. CC-2206-034
d. Direct staff to allow commercial organics co-mingling with City of Hermosa Beach and to monitor implementation.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On June 18, 2019 the City Council approved an amendment with Athens Services for the continuation of solid waste handling services for a term of nine years plus a two-year City option to extend. The amendment included a varied five-year rate adjustment of seven (7%) percent per year for residential and multifamily customers; fourteen (14%) percent for commercial customers; and the typical annual base rate adjustment per the contractual methodology, plus one (1%). FY 2022-23 will be the fourth year of the City Council approved five-year rate adjustment.
The base rate of the total trash fee is calculated using the year to year changes in published price indices for six industry cost components: labor, fuel, equipment, waste-to-energy, disposal, and "other" costs and the individual component's weighted portion of the rate. In April 2019, the City conducted a Proposition 218 protest balloting process that set the refuse rates for the 2019-20 Fiscal Year and established the methodology for rate modifications through the 2023-24 Fiscal Year. Currently, the base refuse rate for single family homes is $20.62 per month for a total monthly cost of $22.72 (City fees of $2.10).
This year, the recommende...
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