HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - January 4, 1989 (32)Continued January 4, 89
ADl SUVEI r TO REFUSE
RATE CHARGES TO FUND
STATE4MPOSH) SUR-
Ch.,RGE FOR ILLT VI4TE
TAI' 1, CLOSURES
APPROVED
URGENCY CRDKV�M
N0. 1443 ADOPTED City Manager Peterson apprised the City Council that the
franchise agreement between the City of Lodi and Sanitary
CC -6 City Cisposal Co., Inc., for waste disposal sertices :n the
City provides in part tha' "the contractcr will be entitled
1 to a rate adjustment immediately based on any dump fee
adjustments .'
The County of San ;oaqu i n , responding to a State -mandated
$1.00 per ton surcharge to fund the Statewide landfill
closure program, took action to levy this surcharge at the
Harney Lane Sanitary Landfill following a public hearing on
this matter held in early December. Based on calculations
the County developed, the County concludes that this
translates to c surcharge of approximately 12 cents per can
in the Ncrth County area. David Vaccarezza, preside,.' of
Sanitary City Disposal Co., Inc., has requested that this
County -developed figure of 12 cents be applied in the City
of Lodi. In accordance with the terms and conditions of
the recently -adopted franchise agreement, as noted above,
the contract hauler is entitled to be imrr.ediately
reimbursed for this expense. It is only fair that the
company be so reimbursed and made whole. On the other hand
it is not appropriate that the company make a profit on
this State -mandated surcharge. Thus the basics are: what
is the appropriate surcharge adjust-aent; how should it be
calculated; and how should 1 t be monitored.
Staff met with 1A
Vaccarezza and other representatives
of
Sanitary City Disposal Co., Inc. earlier this week
to
discuss in depth
how best to arrive at an equitable
adjcstment figure.
Whatever number is arrived at,
the
action will be by
urgency ordinance so that it will
be
effective with the
first group of utility bills to
be
prepared and mailed
in January, 1989.
Ordinance options were presented for the City Council's
review as follows:
set the 12 cent rate (1.7%) and establish a fund from
which the company would be reimbursed for charges
incurred for total tonnage (residential and commercial)
collected in the City and taken to the transfer station
based on weight figures supplied by the company
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