SOLID WASTE
RATE STUDY 2023
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Brief Solid Waste History and Background on Study
• City Muni-Code Sec. 13.02.030 – City has exclusive right to provide services to all residences & businesses in city limits
• Last rate study (2016) predicted increases, growth & revenue into 2020 • Key Factors were not accounted for in last study & no way to forecast anomaly o Inflation of operational costs
o Cost of maintenance
oGlobal impact of changes on solid waste & recycling operations market o Cost of disposal (tipping) fees
o Senate Bill (SB) 1383
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SB 1383 - Unfunded State Mandates
• In addition to increasing cost of operations, new rates must consider cost of new unfunded mandates
• Assembly Bill 32 – Global Warming Solutions Act (2006) provided catalyst for passage of SB 1383, became law in November of 2020
o Changes how organic waste is collected & processed
o Implement programs to aid in diversion of organic waste from landfill o Process diverted organic waste to create energy
• SB 1383, unfunded mandate that has hard requirements, with scheduled deadlines & mandatory punitive fines
• Proposed rate & fee adjustments to provide financial resources to meet SB 1383 requirements
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Key Objectives of Study
• Calculate revenue required to meet Solid
Waste (SW) needs
o Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
o Capital Improvement
o Inflation
• Estimate cost for residential and commercial
services
• Plan resources required for new regulatory
programs
• Provide support for City functions and events
• Remain cost competitive with surrounding
communities
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To Satisfy Key Objectives
• Calculation of true cost of current solid
waste services
• Calculation of true cost new services to
be provided per new regulations
• Develop and maintain adequate
financial reserves
• Equitably distribute financial obligations
to those utilizing services
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Standardization of Cart Sizes
Standardization of the garbage cart to
96-gallons is recommended:
• More capacity to dispose of garbage
and recycling items
• Provides operational flexibility
• Improves efficiency
• Reduce cross contamination of waste
in the recycling cart
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Increasing Level of Service
• Current collection operations: regular trash
collected weekly, organics & recyclables picked up
on alternate weeks
• Proposed operations: weekly collection of all 3
residential carts
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Ongoing Costs
• Increase in tipping Fees
• Implementation of State
Mandates:
o Food Waste and Food Rescue
programs
• Bin, cart, and vehicle repairs –
increase in cost of all materials
• Technology and compliance
upgrades:
o Camera system
o Routing software
o Monitoring software
o Communication systems
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Recommended Residential Service Rates
• The recommended Solid Waste Rates for residential service are shown in the table below. This rate includes weekly service of all three carts.
Current 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Residential
Rate
$34.33 $47.41 $50.92 $54.68 $58.72 $63.07
Increase - $13.08 $3.51 $3.76 $4.04 $4.35
Current 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Senior Low
Income Rate
$19.72 $23.71 $25.46 $27.34 $29.36 $31.54
Increase - $3.99 $1.75 $1.88 $2.02 $2.18
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Residential Solid Waste Rate Comparison
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Commercial Solid Waste Rate Comparison
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Additional Solid Waste Services Offered
• Bulky item pick up
• Electronic Waste collection
• Used motor-oil collection
• Extra garbage bag/tag program
• Used mattress collection
• Card-board collection
• Annual Christmas Tree pickup
• Household hazardous waste collection
• Sharps and Needles collection
• Used batteries collection
• Annual Recycling guide
• Annual 2-yard bin use for FREE
• Shred-It Event
• Compost pail
• District Clean-up Day
• Community Re-use, Reduce, Recycling Day
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For more questions on the presented information and
general information about Solid Waste service in
Manteca, please visit the Solid Waste web page at
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