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Description
San Bruno City Council Meeting August 24, 2021
6b. Rate Increase for Recology San Bruno Garbage and Recycling Service
B
C
C
Let
me
go
through
some
detail:
the
franchise
agreement,
as
we
have
talked
about
it
before
the
franchise
agreement
between
the
city
of
san
bruno
reclaimer,
ecology
started
from
july
1,
2019
1998,
and
it
will
expire
in
on
june
30th
2024.
This
is
facilities,
collection
service.
It
covers
billing
record
record
keeping
billing
fees
cetera
and
the
current
year
rate
adjustment
is
based
on
interim
rate
year
adjustment.
Basically,
the
rate
adjustment
is
purely
rely
on
cpi
adjustments
for
the
next
fiscal
year,
and
this
year,
22
23.
C
New
rates
should
be
taking
effect
in
the
current
fifth
year,
but
the
the
effective
date
it
has
been
postponed
by
three
months,
so
the
effective
date
is
actually
october.
1St
and
the
factor,
as
we
talked
about,
was
purely
based
on
a
cpi
calculation,
and
here
is
the
last
12
12
to
13
years
of
raid
adjustments.
C
Your
adjustment
is
about
two
point,
two
three
percent
and
for
the
upcoming
and
for
this
fiscal
year
we
only
have
1.87,
which
is
lower
than
the
average,
and
here
it
just
gives
you
a
sample
of
a
residential
or
commercial
rate
comparison
between
what
the
current,
what
the
customers
are
paying
now
and
then,
what's
the
rate
is
going
to
be
effective
october
1st
for
the
most
commonly
used
residential
toter
at
32
gallon.
The
increase
is
only
about
60
cents
per
month.
C
Associate
and
ecology
agreed
to
postpone
the
raid
at
the
beginning
from
to
from
july
1,
to
september,
to
september
1.,
the
city
had
to
revise
it
to
october
1st
because
of
some
legal
compliance
issues
with
the
ordinance
to
adoption
and
then
and
the
effective
time
frame
and
in
together
with
the
postponed
rape
in
greece.
Ecology
also
proposed
a
pilot
program
which
was
launched
on
july
1st
2021.
C
What
I
like
to
point
out
to
you
is
last
week
I
may
have
given
you
some
incorrect
information
and
thanks
to
the
city
manager
he
pointed
out.
So
I
want
to
re
recap
the
pilot,
the
the
pilot
pro
program
on
the
abandoned
waste
collection,
so
this
program
started
on
july,
1st
2021
and
with
in
this
program,
ecology
will
be
collected
and
discloses
some
of
the
specified
abundant
waste
during
the
regular
regular
business
hours
when
the
waste
can
be
reported
through
the
sense
citizens.
San
bruno
response.
C
It
is
a
reporting
application
and
then
also
can
be
as
observed,
observed
only
in
the
public
right
of
the
way,
along
recalls,
daily
trash
collection
routes
throughout
the
city
and
or
and
as
observed
during
regular
patrol
of
the
hot
spot
at
which
abandoned
items
are
regularly
or
frequently
deposited
the
this.
This
the
pilot
program
of
this
fan
and
waste
program
that
would
actually
last
about
six
months
and
after
that
recalled
we're
determining
whether
additional
staff
will
be
will
be,
will
be
added
to
the
program.
C
This
is
a
timeline.
We
are
pretty
familiarized
by
by
this
timeline.
By
now,
the
council
direct
step
for
provided
45
day
notice
on
june
22.
Second,
we
mailed
it
june
29th.
Last
week
we
had
the
first
reading.
This
right
now
is
the
second
reading.
We
asked
the
council
to
adopt.
If
the
council
adopts
the
ordinance,
the
rating
will
become
effective
on
october
1st,
so
as
staff,
we
recommend
this.
C
D
Thank
you.
So
I
appreciate
recology's
review
of
council's
request
to
cancel
rate
increases
this
year,
even
though
the
request
was
not
granted.
Although
thankful
for
the
postponement,
I
can't
support
an
increase.
This
covet
19
year,
where
the
pandemic
has
impacted.
So
many
and
the
true
results
from
those
struggling
are
yet
to
be
seen
aside
from
the
belief
that
the
timing
of
this
increase
as
the
delta
variant
is
increasing,
is
not
right
for
our
community.
D
At
last
year's
hearing
on
may
12
2020,
I
posed
a
number
of
questions
regarding
contract
adherence
that
both
had
to
do
with
city
community
benefits
and
the
school
district's
benefits
and
have
since
discussed
this
with
staff.
A
number
of
the
questions
raised
revolved
around
ricology's
24-year
contract
with
san
bruno
and
the
benefits
of
the
community
that
result
from
the
contract
outside
of
the
standard
franchise
fee.
D
As
a
council
member,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
working
with
staff
and
other
members
of
the
council
to
initiate
these
ideas
and
follow
through
with
the
community
benefits
portion
that
benefit
our
city.
However,
one
of
the
greatest
needs
in
our
community
are
our
schools.
This
was
first
raised
as
an
issue
over
a
year
ago
and
has
been
brought
up
since
then,
and
I
have
checked
on
its
progress.
Throughout
the
past
year,
schools
were
open
all
last
year
in
san
bruno
and
even
with
remote
working,
the
district
office
and
school
offices
were
open
for
drop-ins.
E
D
F
F
Recycling
coordinator
and
the
work
that
is
done
with
regard
to
to
that
position,
that
is
a
component
of
the
contract.
That
is,
I
know
that
there
are
questions
the
city
of
mercology
have
been
talking
about
that,
and
I
just
think
that
that
that's
more
appropriately
to
talk
about
at
a
later
time,
when
we're
talking
about
the
contract
in
all
the
sections.
F
E
Yeah,
so
for
our
city
attorney,
I
know
we
go
through
that
we've
gone
through
this
a
few
times
about
contract,
language
and-
and
at
this
point
we
are
here
to
do
our
part
in
complying
with
the
contract
language,
that
for
the
city
council,
to
not
what
are
the
consequences
for
the
city
not
granting.
This
increase.
G
So
right,
as
we've
discussed
before
the
contract
does
require
that
we
have
annual
rate
adjustments
and
it
allows
the
city
to
bet
the
amount
of
those
adjustments
which
the
city
has
done
in
this
year
and
in
in
all
prior
years.
As
far
as
I
know
to
make
sure
that
the
that
ecology
is
asking
only
for
the
rate
adjustment
that
they
are
allowed
to
receive
under
the
contract.
E
G
G
So
normally
the
non-financial
terms
of
the
contract
have
various
provisions
about
notice
and
opportunity
to
cure,
and
so
on,
so
that
those
non-financial
provisions
can't
always
be
used
as
a
as
a
lever
to
extract
other
financial
concessions
from
that
part
of
the
contract.
And
so
you
know
the
there
are
various
provisions
in
the
agreement.
I
know
that
council
member
mason
has
is
asked
for
a
review
and
that's
a
an
operational
staff
issue
that
I'm
not
addressing.
G
E
D
E
And
mr
mayor,
if
I
can
just
go
ahead
and
understood
and
and
we
need
to
get
to
the
bottom
of
it
and
things
happen
with
the
long
contracts
and-
and
I
do
want
to
thank
you
for
bringing
it
up-
I
still
believe
that
I
am
required.
I
could
vote
no,
yes,
but
I,
but
but
based
on
the
information
provided
before
me,
I
I'm
I'm.
I
will
be
voting
yes
and
but
we
still
need
to
look
into
the
items
that
you're
bringing
up
and
make
sure
everything's
made
whole.
So
thank
you.
A
Any
other
questions
or
comments
from
colleagues,
if,
if
not,
I
would
just
vice
mayor.
Thank
you
for
asking
the
questions
that
you
did.
We
honored
a
contract,
councilmember
mason,
you've,
asked
a
question,
and
I
know
this
is
not
a
fundraiser,
but
I
I
certainly
appreciate
the
codes
for
kids
or
the
compost
and
those
other
elements
or
this
trial
period
that
rocology
is
doing.