For City Council Meeting [June 27, 2023]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Arron Brown, Acting City Manager
FROM: Timothy Sullivan, Director of Maintenance and Facilities
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Request City Council to Conduct a Public Hearing in Accordance with Proposition 218 Procedures and Consider Adopting the Four Year Municipal Solid Waste Collection, Recycling, Organics and Disposal Rates for Fiscal Years 2023/2024 through 2026/2027 and Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 8109, Approving Municipal Solid Waste Collection, Recycling and Disposal Service Rates for Fiscal Years 2023/2024 through 2026/2027.
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BACKGROUND
Burrtec Franchise Agreement and Refuse Collection Rates
On April 16, 1996, the City Council approved a Franchise Agreement with Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. ("Burrtec," formerly EDCO Disposal Corporation) for municipal refuse/recycling collection and disposal services. In accordance with Section 3.2, "Change in Cost of Doing Business" of the Franchise Agreement, an allowance was made for adjustment of rates to reflect changes in the cost of doing business, as measured by fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the Los Angeles, Long Beach, Anaheim Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, in addition to other options.
On November 5, 1996, the people of the state of California voted in favor of Proposition 218, the "Right to Vote on Taxes Act." Proposition 218 added Articles 13C and 13D to the California Constitution, implementing restrictions on methods by which local governments can create or increase taxes, fees, and charges without taxpayer consent. Specifically, Proposition 218 requires the City to provide certain notification of new or increased assessments, charges, and user fees, and in certain cases, requires a balloting and election of property owners prior to implementing any new or increased assessments, charges, and u...
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