File #: 23-965    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 6/26/2023 In control: Public Works
On agenda: 7/18/2023 Final action: 7/18/2023
Title: Amendments to the Solid Waste Collection Franchise Agreements and Solid Waste Container Site and Transfer Station Agreements for Fiscal Year 2023-24.
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Thirteenth Amendment to Recology Redway Transfer Station Agreement_RM Signed.pdf, 3. Executed Thirteenth Amendment to Agreement - Redway Transfer Station.pdf, 4. Fourteenth Amendment to Recology Southern Container Site Agreement_RM Signed.pdf, 5. Executed Fourteenth Amendment to Agreement - Operation of Souther Solid Waste Container Sites.pdf, 6. Fifteenth Amendment Humboldt Sanitation Northern Container Site Agreement (1)_RM Signed.pdf, 7. Executed Fifteenth Amendment Solid Waste agreement - Northwestern Area of Humboldt County.pdf, 8. Sixteenth Amendment to the Solid Waste Collection Franchise Agreement with Recology of Humboldt County for the Unincorporated Eureka Arcata Blue Lake and F_RM.pdf, 9. Executed Sixteenth Amendment - Solid Waste - Unincorporated Eureka, Arcata, Blue Lake and Fieldbrooke.pdf, 10. Fifteenth Amend to the Solid Waste Collection Franchise Agreement with Recology of Hum County for the Unincorporated FortunaFerndale HolmesRedcrest WeottMyer_RM.pdf, 11. Executed Fifteenth Amendment Solid Waste Agreement - Unincorporated Fortuna, Ferndale, Holmes, Redcrest, Weott, Myers Flat and Garberville Areas.pdf, 12. Twelfth Amendment Humboldt Sanitation Northern Container Site Agreement_RM Signed.pdf, 13. Executed Twelfth Amendment to Agreement - Willow Creek, Orick, Redwood Valley and Orleans.pdf
Previous Action/Referral: 24-1046

To: Board of Supervisors

From: Public Works

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

Vote Requirement: Majority

SUBJECT:
title
Amendments to the Solid Waste Collection Franchise Agreements and Solid Waste Container Site and Transfer Station Agreements for Fiscal Year 2023-24.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:

1. Open the public hearing and receive comments on the proposed rate adjustment for solid waste collection for the unincorporated areas of Humboldt County;

2. Close the public hearing;

3. Approve the attached amendments to the solid waste collection franchise agreements with Recology Humboldt County, Recology Eel River, and Humboldt Sanitation Company, Inc.;

4. Approve the amendment to the operation and maintenance agreement with Recology Eel River for the Redway Transfer Station effective July 1, 2023;

5. Approve the amendment to the operation and maintenance agreement with Recology Eel River for the southern solid waste container sites effective July 1, 2023;

6. Approve the amendment to the operation and maintenance agreement with Humboldt Sanitation Company, Inc. for the northern solid waste container sites effective July 1, 2023; and

7. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return one (1) fully executed copies of the attached amendments to the Public Works Department for distribution

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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Solid Waste (3691438)


DISCUSSION:
Franchise Agreements

Section 521-8(b) of the Humboldt County Code provides that rate changes which occur as a result of annual index-based adjustments, changes in the franchise fee and/or the recycling percentage and changes in disposal and/or processing costs set forth in a solid waste collection franchise agreement may be implemented without action of the Board of Supervisors, if authorized by the franchise agreement, when the total annual rate increase does not exceed 8%. Such rate changes may be implemented by amendment to the franchise agreement executed by the F...

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