PREPARED BY: AMANDA BOOTH DATE OF MEETING: 02/18/2025
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CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO APPROVING A RATE STABILIZATION EXPENDITURE OF $243,000 FROM FUNDS RECEIVED FROM WEST CONTRA COSTA INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY (SPECIAL REVENUE FUND 209) TO OFFSET SOLID WASTE COLLECTION INCREASES FROM JULY 1, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2026
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
FY 2023-2025 Council Priority Workplan Compliance Statements:
Item 202: Develop and Implement Long-Term Environmental Stewardship Goals is a major policy goal contained in the FY 2023-25 City Council Priority Workplan, effective May 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND
The City is a member of the West Contra Costa Integrated Waste Management Authority (Authority) along with the cities of El Cerrito, Hercules, Pinole and Richmond. In 2016 and 2019, the Authority Board of Directors voted to disburse excess reserves to member agencies and San Pablo received a total of $566,016.51. Resolution 2016-144 authorized the Finance Director to create Special Revenue Fund 209-Solid Waste Management to earmark funds that further the purpose of the Authority, to record the disbursement as special revenue in Fund 209. The action required that staff seek City Council approval in order to authorize any future expenditures from this fund.
The City of San Pablo has had a solid waste Franchise-Collection Agreement with Richmond Sanitary Services, Inc. (RSS), a subsidiary of Republic Services, Inc., since 1986. The agreement gives RSS the exclusive right to collect all solid waste in the City through June 30, 2025, when the current Franchise-Collection Agreement terminates. On November 18, 2024, the City Council approved a new agreement with RSS (Resolution 2024-140) that will provide new and enhanced solid waste collection services to Sa...
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