HERCULES CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 25-__
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERCULES RATIFYING PRIOR ACTION TO APPROVE RESTATED SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF HERCULES AND RICHMOND SANITARY SERVICE, INC. DBA REPUBLIC SERVICES WHEREAS, on September 10, 1986, the City entered into a Franchise Agreement with Richmond Sanitary Services, Inc. (RSS) to provide solid waste collection and disposal services to the community, which is set to expire on June 30, 2025; and WHEREAS, the City of Hercules negotiated the terms and conditions of a new solid waste franchise agreement with Republic Services which include the addition of single family bulky item collection at curbside twice per year at no additional cost to the resident, the regulation of industrial rates, and other service enhancements (the “Restated Franchise Agreement”); and WHEREAS, at its regular meeting on March 25, 2025, the City approved Resolution 25-017 which (1) authorized the City Manager to execute a Restated Franchise Agreement, (2) directed staff to set a Proposition 218 hearing, (3) accepted the final franchise fee study, and (4) authorized the City Manager to execute a side letter regarding use of City rate stabilization funds; and WHEREAS, after further consideration, it has been determined that a Proposition 218 hearing is not required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hercules that the City Council of the City of Hercules hereby ratifies the prior actions taken in Resolution 25-017 but rescinds the direction to staff to set a Proposition 218 hearing.
The foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Hercules held on the 22nd day of April 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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Dion Bailey, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Eibleis Melendez, City Clerk