To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Amendments to Solid Waste Collection Franchise, Solid Waste Container Site and Solid Waste Transfer Station Agreements
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached amendments to the solid waste collection franchise agreements with Recology Humboldt County, Recology Eel River, and Humboldt Sanitation Company, Inc.;
2. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached tenth amendment to the Redway Transfer Station operation and maintenance agreement with Recology Eel River;
3. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached eleventh amendment to the southern solid waste container site operation agreement with Recology Eel River;
4. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached ninth amendment to the northern solid waste container site operation and hauling agreement with Humboldt Sanitation Company, Inc.; and
5. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return one (1) fully executed original copy of each attached amendment to the Department of Public Works for further processing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Solid Waste (3691)
DISCUSSION:
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 Franchise Contract Administrator. All other rate changes shall be approved by the Board of Supervisors, after the holding of a publi...
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