For City Council Meeting July 22, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Tanya Williams, City Manager
FROM: Tim Sullivan, Assistant City Manager
Title
Request City Council to: (1) Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider the Placement of Solid Waste Handling Service Charges on the Property Tax Roll; (2) Adopt Resolution No. 8384 Approving Municipal Solid Waste Collection, Recycling, Organics, and Disposal Rates for Fiscal Year 2025/2026; and (3) Adopt Resolution No.8385 Authorizing the Placement of Solid Waste Handling Service Charges and Fees on the Property Tax Roll.
POWERPOINT
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Conduct a public hearing to consider the placement of solid waste handling service charges on the property tax roll;
2) Adopt a Resolution Approving Municipal Solid Waste Collection, Recycling, Organics, and Disposal Rates for Fiscal Year 2025/2026; and
3) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the placement of solid waste handling service charges and fees on the property tax roll.
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 the Franchise Agreement, an allowance is 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 All items in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted and applicable disposal costs.
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 g...
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