Agenda Item No: L.2
AGENDA REPORT
DATE: November 4, 2025
TO: Mayor and Council
FROM: David Gassaway, City Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution 2025 -239 CM Accepting the Negotiated Settlement Agreement with Solano Garbage Company (dba Republic Services)
Funding Source: N/A
Contact: David Lim, (707) 428-7400
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt resolution.
STATEMENT OF ISSUE
Adoption of the resolution will formally accept the settlement agreement negotiated between the City Council and Solano Garbage Company (dba Republic Services).
DISCUSSION
Solano Garbage Company (dba Republic Services) (“Republic”) provides collection services for the collection, processing, and disposal of solid waste, recyclable material, and organics to residents in the City of Fairfield (“City”) pursuant to an exclusive Franchise Agreement dated March 15, 2022.
From July 8, 2025 , to July 18, 2025, City residents experience an interruption of services by Republic due to a labor action by employees of Republic.
On July 18, 2025, the City of Fairfield Code Enforcement Division issued administrative citation No. 1259 for alleged violations of Fairfield Municipal Code section 27.404(f) (“Citation”).
The City of Fairfield has engaged in negotiations to compensate residents and the City for the inconvenience suffered as a result of the interruption of services.
Under the terms agreed by both parties, and previously approved by the council in Closed Session, the City and Republic agree to the following settlement memorialized in the attached resolution:
Service credit o f two weeks for all residential customers totaling $384,751 of republic service credit;
Reimbursement of $75,000 to the City for staff costs incurred in providing supplemental solid waste collection services during the work stoppage;
One landfill coupo n for each residential customer to be used in calendar year 2026 for disposal at the Potrero Hills Landfill for one load of up to two cubic yards of solid waste and one bulky item;
Additional weekly service by Republic to the City of six additional City trash cans at locations identified in the settlement agreement attached to the resolution;
Dismissal by the City of Citation No. 1259.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact for the City with this resolution, but residents and the City will receive a benefit to compensate them for the interruption of collection services.
PUBLIC CONTACT/ADVISORY BODY RECOMMENDATION
N/A
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
The council previously approved this settlement agreement in Closed Session. However, if the council chooses to reject this settlement, there will be no agreement with Republic for the interruption of services.
COORDINATED WITH
City Attorney’s Office, City Manager’s Office, Public Works Department.
STAFF CONTACT
David Lim, City Attorney
(707) 428-7400
[email protected]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 2: Proposed Resolution
Attachment 3: Settlement Agreement