HomeMy WebLinkAboutPH 1 SLD WASTE COLL 07-07-86,.1ULY 1, 1986
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WILLIAI~ A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
PUBLIC HEARING - SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FEES PLACED ON TAX ROLLS
RECOMMENDATION
The City Council take appropriate action as determined by the City Attorney
to approve the placement of solid waste collection fees on the property tax
rolls at the proposed amount of $64.20 per unit to a maximum of three
units.
DISCUSSION
August of 1984 Council adopted a solid waste collection fee. The expressed
preference by several Council members was that the fee should be placed on
the tax roll from the onset. Due to procedural requirements of the County
Assessor's office and media input requirements of the Auditor Controller's
office we have not been able to put the solid waste collection fee on the
roll. As a part of the franschise ageement our contractee has been
collecting the fee directly, adding his cost of collection to the fee.
We've now got a system in place that will provide the media input as
required by the Auditor Controller's o.ffice. We are anticipating an
increase of roughly 7.6% in the basic charge for collection. This has not
been negotiated as of yet but the increase will be based on several cost
factors weighted to come up with a composit increase amount. Also the
County has installed scales at the land fill sites that have significantly
increased land fill fees collected by them and passed on to the City. The
following compares current cost and the estimated 1986-87 cost:
1986-87 1986-87
Current Estimated Estimated
Monthly Monthly Monthly
Cost Cost1 Cos~
Basic charge $ 3.79
Land fill fees .92
Billing fee .75
$ 4.08 $ 4.08
1.37 1.37
1.25 0
$ 5.46 $ 6.70 $ 5.45
1If billed by contractor
2If placed on tax roll
William A. Huston
July 1, 1986
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By placing the fee on the tax roll we can save the consumer the $15 (22%) a
year that the contractor is charging for providing billing services. This
is the most significant benefit to be realized by the consumer but there is
also the minor bother of receiving quarterly bills in advance, writing four
checks a year, etc.
Ronald A. Naul t
Finance Director
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