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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; DocuSign Envelope ID: 39A139B7-F046-475B-9A6E-7820FD6B59CE 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 ____________________________ Meaghan Hassel Shearer, City Clerk DocuSign Envelope ID: 39A139B7-F046-475B-9A6E-7820FD6B59CE