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RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL REFUSE AND
RECYCLING CHARGES BY THE KERN COUNTY AUDITOR -
CONTROLLER’S OFFICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26/27
WHEREAS, Chapter 8.32 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code provides for the billing of refuse service fees and collection of such charges on the tax roll; and
WHEREAS, on June 1, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 091 -2022, establishing residential and commercial refuse and recycling rates for a five-year period effective Fiscal Year 22/23 through Fiscal Year 26/27, in accordance with the notice and public hea ring requirements of Proposition 218 (“Prop 218”); and
WHEREAS, as memorialized in Resolution No. 091-2022, the Prop 218 public hearing was properly noticed and advertised in the Bakersfield Californian, a newspaper of general circulation, in which all persons interested in or objecting to the proposed rate increases could be heard prior to their adoption; and
WHEREAS, the rates approved and adopted by the City Council via Resolution No. 091- 2022 are adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) effective each July 1; and
WHEREAS, the City has calculated the annual rates for residential and commercial refuse and recycling collection fees and service charges for Fiscal Year 26/27 in accordance with the rates established by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the updated fees and charges for Fiscal Year 26/27 set forth in Exhibit “A”, attached hereto and incorporated by reference, do not exceed the reasonable estimated cost of providing the services for which the fees are charged; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that it is necessary and appropriate for the Fiscal Year 26/27 rates to be placed on the tax roll for collection, and authorizes said rates to be collected by the Kern County Tax Collector in accordance with this Resolution and the rate codes set forth in Exhibit “B”, attached hereto and incorporated herein; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of solid waste increases is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under the California Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(8).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
1. The above recitals and findings are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
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2. The fees and charges set forth in Exhibit “A” are hereby adopted and shall become effective July 1, 2026.
3. The adoption of these fees and charges complies with Proposition 218 and Proposition
26. 4. Pursuant to the Bakersfield Municipal Code, the fees and charges herein shall be collected by the Kern County Tax Collector on the property tax rolls, as set forth in Exhibit “B”.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted, by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER ARIAS, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, KOMAN, BASHIRTASH, KAUR NOES: COUNCILMEMBER
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER _
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, CPMC, MMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED: __________
By
KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
By:
ASHLEY ZAMBRANO
Deputy City Attorney II
ATTACHMENTS: Exhibit A – FY26.27 Refuse & Recycling Rates Exhibit B – FY26.27 Rate Code Schedule