1992/01/28 City Council Resolution (8)RESOLUTION NO. 92- 20
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARR
SETTING GARBAGE AND RUBBISH OR REFUSE COLLECTION RATES
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 366 adopted in August 1979 provided
that the City may make an annual adjustment in the rates then
established for garbage, rubbish and trash collection service to
adjust said rates for any change in the cost of living index or
such other standard as may be selected by the City Council, and
that such adjustments in the rates must be approved by the City
Council by resolution; and
WHEREAS, Empire Waste Management, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc., the contract agent for this
city service, has submitted financial data and a CPI type formula
to be used in its request for an adjustment in the rates; and
WHEREAS, the last adjustment of rates charged to city
customers for this service occurred either on February 1, 1991 or
March 1, 1991, depending on the type of user; and
WHEREAS, members of the city staff have met with
representatives of the contract agent and staff has carefully
reviewed the financial data submitted to explain the increase in
the operating expenses of the contract agent, including a weighted
CPI formula
WHEREAS, it is the City's intent to have the 1991 year audited
by an outside auditor in order to determine the accuracy and
reasonableness of the contract agent's profits. If the audit
results are favorable the City and contract agent would attempt to
agree on a CPI formula to be used in the future for automatic rate
adjustments; and
WHEREAS, a subcommittee of the City Council, to wit,
Councilmen Eck and Hopkins, have reviewed staff's recommendation
for a rate adjustment and find it in order; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is cognizant of the fact that even
with the adjustment in the rates that will be approved by this
resolution that the rates for service in Rohnert Park are
comparable or lower than the rates charged for the same service in
many other cities in the Marin, Sonoma and Napa County areas.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARR DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Any persons from whom garbage, wet garbage, rubbish or refuse
is collected under the provisions of this article shall pay to the
City through the Finance Department the following fee for such
services:
A. Single Family Residences, Duplex, Triplex, and Fourplex.
For the 90 gallon container service a monthly charge of
eight dollars and twenty cents ($8.20) which shall include
all garbage, wet garbage, rubbish and refuse which has
been placed within the receptacles with the receptacles
placed at the curb for pick up. A monthly charge of four
dollars and sixty five cents ($4.65) for a second 90
gallon container.
B. Commercial Establishments and Apartment Houses. These
rates are based on the total number of apartments, or
mobile homes whether occupied or vacant, subject to the
following provisions:
(1) If the entire premises is unoccupied, no charge is
made.
(2) Where thirty (30) gallon cans are used for collection
purposes by the apartment house, the rate shall be
eight dollars and twenty cents ($8.20) per month for
each apartment unit.
(3) Where thirty (30) gallon cans are used for collection
purposes by any commercial establishment, the rate
shall be eight dollars and twenty cents($8.20) per
month for the first two cans and the same amount per
month for each additional can.
(4) The City Sanitation Officer may require the use of
bins, furnished by the Contract Agent, for any
commercial establishment or apartment house. When
bins are used the following rates shall be charged:
Number of
Size of Bin collections Monthly Rate
1 -1/2 yard
1
per
week
$59.45
2 yard
1
per
week
77.90
2
per
week
101.50
3
per
week
130.20
4
per
week
164.00
5
per
week
191.70
3 yard
1
per
week
111.75
2
per
week
165.05
3
per
week
219.35
4
per
week
270.60
5
per
week
323.90
6
per
week
378.25
4 yard 1
per
week
132.25
2
per
week
204.00
3
per
week
270.60
4
per
week
341.35
5
per
week
410.00
6
per
week
476.65
6 yard 1
per
week
153.75
2
per
week
255.25
3
per
week
333.15
4
per
week
423.35
5
per
week
512.50
6
per
week
602.70
*Where a complete bin is not regularly utilized,
the rate may be adjusted with the consent of the
City Sanitation Officer. Where a type of bin
service is provided for which no rate is provided by
this resolution, a comparable rate may be
established by the Contract Agent with the written
consent of the City Manager.
(5) All business conducted in a residence must pay the
business rate for all garbage and refuse handled.
(6) The Contract Agent shall make available bins for
collecting of garbage, wet garbage, rubbish and
refuse to all business establishments and apartment
houses, when requested by the owners or required by
the City Sanitation Officer.
(7) The City Sanitation Officer shall have the right to
require that apartment houses, fourplexes,
condominiums, planned developments and other multi-
family residential units utilize bins for the
collection of garbage, rubbish and refuse.
C. Mobile Home Parks. The owners of all mobile home parks
shall pay a charges as follows:
(1) For each "adults only" mobile home park, a charge of
five dollars and twenty five cents ($5.25) for each
occupied unit.
(2) For each mobile home park which is not restricted to
"adults ", a charge of six dollars and ninety cents
($6.90) for each occupied unit.
D. Special Collections. For a special collection of rubbish
or refuse, there shall be a charge of nine dollars ($9.00)
for each cubic yard or fraction thereof. A special
collection of rubbish shall consist of any collection not
included within the established monthly rate and shall
include any bulky items which cannot be placed within the
regularly used collection receptacle.
E. Commercial Compactor. Large Industrial or Commercial: for
compacted garbage from commercial compactors the charge
for refuse collection shall be:
(1) For pick -ups and collection not more than one time
per week, an amount not to exceed seventeen dollars
($17.00) per cubic yard.
(2) For pick -ups and collection more than one time per
week, rates shall be negotiated between the business and
Empire Waste Management subject to the written approval
of the City Manager of his designee.
F. Free Service to City. The Contract Agent shall provide
free service to all city owned facilities and bus stops.
The rates outlined in above section A for Single Family
residences shall become effective March 1, 1992.
The rates outlined in above sections B, C, D, and E shall be
effective February 1, 1992. (Billings of April 1, 1992)
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 28th day of January, 1992.
ATTEST
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Deputy City Cler
CITY OF ROHNERT PARR
Mayor
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