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City Manager
Item to be presented by:
Lynn M. Harris
NEW BUSINESS
DATE: June 25, 1996
SUBJECT: COMMERCIAL SECTOR REFUSE RATE ADJUSTMENT
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
At the Study Session on May 21, 1996, staff presented a report titled Beyond Fifty Percent Waste
Reduction by 2000 to the City Council. The report analyzed the effectiveness of the current
commercial and residential franchise agreements in providing businesses and residents with the
incentives to recycle. The report showed that the residential refuse rates between 1993 and 1996
increased 15 percent reflecting the changes in landfill tip fees and increases in the Producer Price
Index. During the same period the commercial refuse rate band remained constant. The static
commercial rate band does not accurately represent, to businesses, the true cost of landfilling and,
therefore, discourages interest in the cost savings associated with recycling. The local franchised
haulers have requested that the commercial rate band be increased to reflect the changes in landfill
tip fees and increases in the Producer Price Index that have occurred since the inception of the
commercial franchise agreement in 1993.
Direct staff to; 1) prepare a proposed commercial rate band amended to reflect changes in the landfill
tip fees and increases in the Producer Price Index since 1993; 2) schedule a Public Hearing for the
July 9, 1996 City Council Meeting regarding the proposed commercial refuse rate band changes.
Agenda Item:.3-0