HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 146-2023RESOLUTION NO. 146 -2023
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
ESTABLISHING RATE INCREASES FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES FOR
CALENDAR YEARS 2024 - 2028
WHEREAS, the City of Burlingame is a member of the South Bayside Waste Management
Authority Joint Powers Agreement (SBWMA), the purpose of which is to provide cost effective waste
reduction, recycling, and solid waste collection and disposal programs to member agencies ; and
WHEREAS, under the SBWMA Joint Powers Agreement, each member agency sets its own
solid waste rates for residential and commercial customers; and
WHEREAS, each year, City staff reviews the various cost components attributable to its solid
waste services, which determine the revenue required from customers in Burlingame for the subsequent
rate year; and
WHEREAS, the SBWMA approved Recology San Mateo County’s Compensation Application
for rate year 2024, including a rate increase; and
WHEREAS, the City completed a five-year rate study to project the cost of solid waste services
from 2024 through 2028; and
WHEREAS, the five-year rate study projects that increases in rates will be necessary in each
year from 2024 through 2028 due to increases in the costs of solid waste collection, transfer, transport,
processing, recycling, composting, and disposal; and
WHEREAS, the City will offset necessary rate increases by using rate stabilization reserves in
the City’s Solid Waste Fund; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 8.16.040(a) of the Burlingame Municipal Code provides that the City
Council shall establish fees and charges for the administration of solid waste services; and
WHEREAS, on October 16, 2023, at a duly noticed public meeting, the City Council adopted
Resolution No. 132-2023, setting a public hearing date for December 4, 2023, for the City Council to
consider proposed increases to solid waste rates; and
WHEREAS, notices of the public hearing and protest ballots were sent in compliance with the
requirements of Proposition 218 at least 45 days prior to the public hearing; and
WHEREAS, on December 4, 2023, the City Council held a duly-noticed public hearing to
consider the proposed solid waste rates, and receive written protests.
NOW, THEREFORE , THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE, AND FIND AS FOLLOWS:
1. The above Recitals are true and correct, and incorporated fully herein;
2. After tallying the written protests received at the close of the public hearing, no majority protest was
made;
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3. Rates are adopted as follows for each of the following calendar years, effective January 1, 2024 and
annually thereafter through December 31, 2028. A sample of proposed solid waste rates is shown in
the table below, with the full listing of rates online at www.burlingame.org.
2024
(Proposed)
2025
(Proposed)
2026
(Proposed)
2027
(Proposed)
2028
(Proposed)
Residential
20-gallon $ 29.53 $ 32.19 $ 34.77 $ 37.20 $ 39.06
32-gallon $ 32.81 $ 35.76 $ 38.62 $ 41.32 $ 43.39
64-gallon $ 65.63 $ 71.54 $ 77.26 $ 82.67 $ 86.80
96-gallon $ 97.39 $ 106.16 $ 114.65 $ 122.68 $ 128.81
Commercial
32-gallon $ 32.81 $ 35.76 $ 38.62 $ 41.32 $ 43.39
64-gallon $ 65.63 $ 71.54 $ 77.26 $ 82.67 $ 86.80
96-gallon $ 97.39 $ 106.16 $ 114.65 $ 122.68 $ 128.81
1-cubic yard $ 207.05 $ 225.68 $ 243.73 $ 260.79 $ 273.83
2-cubic yards $ 414.14 $ 451.41 $ 487.52 $ 521.65 $ 547.73
3-cubic yards $ 621.14 $ 677.04 $ 731.20 $ 782.38 $ 821.50
4. This resolution shall be effective January 1, 2024.
____________________________
Michael Brownrigg, Mayor
I, Meaghan Hassel-Shearer, City clerk of the City of Burlingame do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 4th day of December, 2023,
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: BEACH, BROWNRIGG, COLSON, ORTIZ, STEVENSON
NOES: Councilmembers: NONE
ABSENT: Councilmembers: NONE
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Meaghan Hassel Shearer, City Clerk
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