PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER
PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS TO
SOLID WASTE REFUSE RATES FOR
THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
JUNE 6, 2023
RATE ADJUSTMENT PROCESS
PRE-APPROVED FORMULA RATIFIED VIA THE PROPOSITION
218 PROCESS IN APRIL 2019.
ANNUAL CHANGES IN SIX INDUSTRY COSTS:
• LABOR
• FUEL
• EQUIPMENT
• WASTE TO ENERGY
• DISPOSAL
• OTHER
2 PROPOSED REFUSE RATE
ADJUSTMENTS
•LARGE INCREASES ACROSS INDICES – LARGEST
INCREASE TO THE FUEL INDEX OF 89.71%
•INDICES RATE CHANGE OF 8.78% (COMPARED WITH
5.4% IN FY2022-23 AND 2.65% IN FY2021-22)
•PROPOSED INCREASE TO MULTI-FAMILY RECYCLING
FEE INDEX OF 6.05% (RATE ADJUSTMENT FACTOR DIFFERS FROM
THE OTHER SERVICE RATES)
3 CURRENT SOLID WASTE
AGREEMENT RATES
4 • June 2019- First Amendment approved by City Council with the following 5-year rate structure.
• 7% Annual Residential and Multi-Family Increase,
and 14% Annual Commercial Increase Phase-In
for 5 years, plus CPI and 1%
• FY2023-24 is Year Five (5) of 5-year rate structure
• Residential Rate Proposed Increase for FY 2023-24: 16.78% • Commercial Rate Proposed Increase for FY 2023-24: 23.78% 5 SINGLE FAMILY MONTHLY REFUSE RATES*
FY 22-23
Monrovia (Proposed FY23-24) $39.68
Hawthorne (FY20-21) $26.19
Gardena $23.51
Manhattan Beach $24.23
Carson (FY21-22) $22.53
Lawndale $33.34
Redondo Beach (Proposed) $29.40
Redondo Beach (Current) $25.48
Inglewood $21.82
Hermosa Beach (Proposed FY2023-24) $25.53
*Price comparison of 95 gallon carts
COMMERCIAL MONTHLY REFUSE RATES
FY 22-23
Monrovia (Proposed FY23-24) $256.99
Inglewood $230.80
Gardena $188.09
Manhattan Beach $197.44
Hermosa Beach(Proposed FY23-24) $250.24
Redondo Beach (Proposed)* $251.18
Redondo Beach (Current)* $203.55
Lawndale $231.05
Hawthorne (FY20-21) $158.69
6 *Cost is inclusive of all fees
RECOMMENDATION
1. OPEN PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY;
AND
2. CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING; AND
3. ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NO. CC-23XX-XXX,
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING
CONTRACTOR’S CHARGES AND CORRESPONDING CITY
FEES FOR RESIDENTIAL, MULTI-FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL
REFUSE COLLECTION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR.
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