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Receive Information Regarding Multi-Family Billing Options for Solid Waste Collection Services for Multi-Family Properties and Provide Direction to Proceed; and Receive Information Regarding Multi-Family Water Metering (PW)
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MEETING DATE:
May 1, 2024
PREPARED BY:
Public Works Director
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Receive Information Regarding Multi-Family Billing Options for Solid Waste Collection Services for Multi-Family Properties and Provide Direction to Proceed; and Receive Information Regarding Multi-Family Water Metering.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of Lodi's franchise solid waste hauler, Waste Management ("WM"), currently provides solid waste collection services to multi-family properties within the City of Lodi. The City, as a convenience to our residents and customers, provides the billing for these services as part of our combined City of Lodi monthly billings for water, wastewater and electric utilities.
Multi-family residents that receive bin service are currently charged a "flat-rate" charge of equal to $1.00 less than the 35-gallon residential cart base rate. The current base rate for that service is $38.47, making the multi-family rate $37.47.
Current billing practices generally do not cover the cost of the service provided to multi-family properties. Approximately 70 percent of all multi-family properties in the City do not generate monthly billings equivalent to the cost of the bin service provided to the property. This results in approximately $500,000 lost revenue to WM and approximately $24,000 of that amount would be payable to the City in franchise fees, annually. Per the City's franchise agreement with WM, multi-family billing adjustments must be made by April 2024, to rectify the matter.
Additionally, current billing practices do not allow for tenant direct billing for organics recycling services for multi-family properties. Per Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383), organics service is...
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