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RESOLUTION NO. 2017- 60
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH ADOPTING A REVISED RATE
SCHEDULE FOR THE UKIAH TRANSFER STATION FOR FIVE-YEAR PERIOD COMMENCING
JANUARY 1, 2018- DECEMBER 31, 2022
WHEREAS:
1. Solid Waste Systems of Ukiah, Inc. ("Company") operates a Transfer Station on Plant Road
near Ukiah for the receipt and processing of solid waste ("Operations") from City of Ukiah ("City") and
County of Mendocino franchised waste haulers and self -haulers, pursuant to the Second Amended
and Restated Transfer Station Agreement ("Transfer Station Agreement"), dated October 7, 2015; and
2. Section 6.1 of the Transfer Station Agreement adopted rates ("Tipping Fees") for Operations,
as described in Section 4. Section 6.2 provides for annual modification of Tipping Fees based on
increases or decreases in the Consumer Price Index, the Fuel Index and Pass-through Costs. Pass-
through Costs include the cost of disposing of solid waste received at the Transfer Station at a properly
licensed solid waste landfill; and
3. Section 6.4 of the Transfer Station Agreement provides that every five years, beginning no
later than April 2, 2016, for the rates effective on January 1, 2018, and every five years thereafter, the
City shall conduct a review of the Tipping Fees to determine whether the automatic annual adjustments
adequately account for the actual increases or decreases in the Company's reasonable operating costs;
and
4. In conducting the five-year rate review the City may conduct such investigation as it deems
appropriate and the Company must cooperate with that investigation which may include the inspection
and copying of Company records and a Review or Audit of the Company's financial records by City
retained Certified Public Accountant ("CPA"); and
5. In the Collection Agreement, the City and the Company have agreed that the five-year rate
review shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures and standards in Proposition 218
(California Constitution, Article 13D, Section 6); and
6. The City staff and its retained CPA conducted an investigation they deemed appropriate,
including a review of the Company's financial records and proposal for rate changes based on market
conditions and increased costs; and
7. The results of the investigation and the staffs recommendations, including the data relied
upon and the staffs analysis and recommendations, were summarized in the Agenda Summary Report
for the City Council meeting on October 4, 2017, and have been publically available on the City's
website at http://www.cityofukiah.com/rate-increase-notices/; and
8. This same information is deemed a "City Manager's Report" and recommendation pursuant
to Ukiah City Code Section 3952; and
9. The proposed adjustments in the Transfer Station Rates are reflected as a Pass-through cost
in the notice and rate schedule for the City's curbside waste collection rates which are scheduled for
hearing on December 6, 2017; and
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10. Forty-five (45) days prior to the hearing scheduled for December 6, 2017, the City has
provided direct mail notice of the proposed curbside collection rates to every owner of property in the
City, as listed on the Mendocino County tax records, and every customer of curbside waste collection
services in the City; and
10. The City Clerk has published notice in the Ukiah Daily Journal of the proposed Tipping Fee
adjustments in compliance with Ukiah City Code Section 3954; and
11. After conducting the hearing on December 6, 2017, and considering all of the evidence,
statements and arguments presented during the hearings, the City Council determined that the
proposed rate schedule, attached hereto as Exhibit A ("Initial Rate Schedule") provides reasonable rate
adjustments which are fair to both the Company and the ratepayers;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Ukiah hereby adopts
the Initial Rate Schedule, as set forth in Exhibit A.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the rate schedule adopted by this Resolution shall be
effective on January 1, 2018. All prior rate schedules in conflict herewith are repealed upon the effective
date of the new schedule. All other contract conditions for service remain unaltered and in full effect
and the City Clerk shall cause the publication of this resolution in the Ukiah Daily Journal within 10 days
following Council action on December 6, 2017, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3957 of the Ukiah
City Code.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Ukiah on the 6th day of
December 2017, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Brown, Crane, Mulheren, and Mayor Doble
NOES: Councilmember Scalmanini
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
Kristine . yC`e
L wler, City Clerk'
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Solid Wastes Systems, Inc.
Transfer Station Rate Schedule
Effective Date January 1, 2018
Item
MSW - Ton
MSW - Yard
Minimum Gate Fee - MSW
Per Can Rate - 32 gallon
Green Waste - Ton
Green Waste - Yard
Minimum Gate Fee - Green Waste
Mixed Load - Additional Charge
Appliances
Oil Filters - Small
Oil Filters - Medium
Oil Filters - Large
Concrete - Ton
Dirt - Ton
Sheetrock - Clean
Sheetrock - Dirty
Tires - Bicycle
Tires - Motorcycle
Tires - Passenger Car
Tires - Passenger Car with Rim
Tires - Truck
Tires - Truck with Rim
Tires - Tractor
E -Waste - Computers
E -Waste - Monitors
Scrap Metal
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Up to 3 cans
Atter 3 cans
EXHIBIT A
NEW
2018
Rate
Rounded
$98.30
$21.90
$10.95
$3.65
$45.60
$6.65
$6.55
$20.40
$11.20
$0.40
$0.70
$1.00
$71.50
$71.50
$45.60
$71.50
$1.30
$2.50
$3.75
$5.85
$7.90
$10.70
47.10 - 356.40
No Charge
No Charge
No Charge