2.15.110080 Residency Rrequirements
Commission members shall reside within the
boundaries as hereinafter defined:
A. Parks/Recreation Commission, the Ripon
Unified School District.
B. Planning Commission, the Ripon City
Limits.
All commissions, except the planning
commission, shall submit to their members
an annual budget for approval at least (30)
thirty days prior to the City’s annual budget
hearing for each fiscal year stating the
estimated costs and expenses of all
contemplated activities for the next fiscal
year, to assist the City Council in establishing
any budget for that commission or associated
facilities. (Ord. 547 §1, 1995, Ord. 538 §1,
1995, Ord. 647 §3, 2001, Ord. 674 §1, 2003,
Ord 674 §5, 2003, Ord. 825, §1, 2015, Ord.
889, §2, 2019)
2.15.120090 Cooperation with City
Ddepartments,-Reports to Council
All officers, department heads and
departments of the City shall render
cooperation and all reasonable and necessary
assistance to the Ccommissions. Neither a
Ccommission nor any person connected with
a Ccommission shall incur any financial
liability in the name of the City without the
prior consent of the City. All commissions
shall render annually a full written report of
its work to the City Council. (Ord. 470 §1,
1991)
2.15.1300 Appropriation -Budget
The City Council may, in its discretion,
appropriate such fundmoneys as it may deem
necessary for the purpose of carrying on the
activities of any Ccommission.
A. All commissions, except the economic
development and planning commissions,
shall submit to their members an annual
budget for approval at least thirty days prior
to the City’s annual budget hearing for each
fiscal year stating the estimated costs and
expenses of all contemplated activities for the
next fiscal year, to assist the City Council in
establishing any budget for that commission
or associated facilities. (Ord. 470 §1, 1991)
2.15.110 Deposit of funds-Expenditures
All commissions, except the planning
commission, may accept any moneys
appropriated for their activities or any
associated equipment or facilities and their
operation by any other public or private
agency or body, and all gifts, legacies or
bequests from any other person or source.
All such moneys shall be immediately
deposited in the treasury of the commission
or any other authorized commission bank
account, and shall only be withdrawn
therefrom after approval of any such
withdrawal has been made by the
commission at a regular or special meeting,
and then only upon a proper warrant drawn
against the bank account or fund signed by
the chairman and treasurer of the
commission. (Ord. 470 §1, 1991, Ord 674 §5,
2003)
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259 N. Wilma Avenue
Ripon, CA 95366
MEMO
To: Honorable City Council
From: James Pease, Public Works Director
Date: 06/13/2023
Subject: SB1383 Update
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
The State of California has mandated all cities implement organic waste recycling requirements through Senate Bill 1383, which was signed into law by Governor Brown in September 2016.
Staff is recommending the City Council approve the continuation of the two container system and authorize staff to begin the process of drafting agreements between the City of Ripon and certain waste processing facilities in order to effectively comply with the State mandated requirements of Senate Bill 1383.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Ripon, along with all jurisdictions in California, are subject to several California solid waste laws. The most recent piece of legislation State Senate Bill 1383, which was signed into law by Governor Brown in 2016, required jurisdictions to adopt enforceable ordinances that are consistent with the requirements of the Organic Waste Diversion regulations to mandate compliance from organic waste generators, haulers and other entities. The law establishes methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants in various sectors of California's economy and establishes a target of a 50 percent organics disposal reduction by 2020 and a 75 percent reduction by 2025 using 2014 as the baseline. The law also grants CalRecycle the regulatory authority required to achieve the organic waste disposal reduction targets and establishes an additional target that not less than 20 percent of currently disposed edible food is recovered for human consumption by 2025.
The City Council approved Ordinance 912 at the February 8, 2022 City Council meeting that amended Chapter 8.12 “Garbage Collection and Disposal” of the Ripon Municipal Code to meet the requirements set forth by the State. The ordinance has several references to the CalRecycle Organic Waste Reduction regulations, which are enforced through the California Code of Regulations Title 14-Natural Resources, Division-7 Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
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The regulations of the senate bill are very restrictive and include most sectors such as residential, commercial businesses, commercial food generators, schools, industrial and government entities.
Each resident and business must subscribe to an organic waste collection service that either source separates the waste (separate bins) or transports all unsegregated waste to a facility that recovers 75 percent of the organic content collected from the system.
DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS:
At a workshop held on April 25, 2022, staff provided the Council details of certain requirements within the bill that will have the largest impacts on residential/commercial rates, capital expenses, procurement obligations and operational challenges. At the time of the workshop there were still a number of unknowns regarding facilities available to process waste along with the associated tipping fees. Since that time, staff has been working with processing facilities and obtaining updated tipping fees in order to process trash and organic waste as required in order to implement the State Senate Bill 1383 mandates in the most cost-effective manner.
The City currently operates a one black trash container system with an optional organic green waste container that is available at an added cost. The State outlines three options that cities and counties are limited to for residential/commercial curbside collection services. These service options are outlined below and note specific advantages and challenges related to the current City collection system operation.
Three Container “source separated” Collection Service
One green container for organic waste, one blue container for recyclables and one black container for trash.
Allows trash to be hauled to current disposal facility. Allows organic waste to be hauled to our current disposal facility. Requires cost for operational implementation of approximately 1,250 additional organic waste green cans.
Requires capital purchase and operational implementation of approximately 5,000 recyclable blue cans to be hauled to a new separate facility.
Projected 20-year life-cycle cost based on tipping fees and operational increases $24,050,000.
Rate increase of 37% from current.
Two Container Collection Service (optional organic green) One black container for mixed recyclables and trash, one (optional) green container for organic waste.
Requires the black can with trash and mixed recyclables be hauled to a high diversion organic processing facility that can demonstrate the State organic waste recovery thresholds are met, resulting in increased tipping fees.
Allows the green organic waste container to be hauled to our current
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disposal facility and remain optional to residents since the black container will be hauled to a high diversion organic processing facility. Projected 20-year life-cycle cost based on tipping fees and operational increases $6,634,000.
Rate increase of 12% from current.
One Container Collection Service
One black container for collection of mixed organic waste, recyclables and trash.
No impact to our current operation.
Requires mixed organic waste, recyclables and trash be hauled to a new separate disposal facility that can demonstrate the State organic waste recovery thresholds are met, resulting in increased tipping fees. Projected 20-year life-cycle cost based on tipping fees and operational increases $11,904,000.
Projected rate increase 21% from current.
The table below provides a detailed breakdown of the operational costs for each of the service options listed above using fiscal year 2022/2023 volumes and fees.
Current 2 Container Service Operational Cost Tipping Fees Annual Total SJ County Transfer Station & WM Compost Facility
Black Can – Weekly Service 3 FTE $752,000 $597,000 $1,349,000 Green Can – Weekly Service (optional) 1 FTE
Proposed 1 Container Service Operational Cost Tipping Fees Annual Total Gilton Transfer Station
Black Can – Weekly Service 4 FTE $752,000 $1,040,000 $1,792,000 Proposed 2 Container Service Operational Cost Tipping Fees Annual Total Gilton Transfer Station & WM Compost Facility
Black Can – Weekly Service 3 FTE $752,000 $843,000 $1,595,000 Green Can – Weekly Service (optional) 1 FTE
Proposed 3 Container Service Operational Cost Tipping Fees Annual Total SJ County Transfer Station, WM Compost Facility and Outside Recycling Facility Black Can – Weekly Service 3 FTE
Green Can – Weekly Service 3 FTE $1,410,000 $715,000 $2,125,000 Blue Can – Bi-Weekly Service 1.5 FTE
The proposed 3 container service would also include purchasing three new garbage trucks and 5,000 new blue containers totaling $2,000,000 in capital expenses immediately.
The two container collection service clearly provides the most cost effective path to complying with SB1383 although an annual increase of approximately $250,000 will be added to the current operation. This will result in an approximate $4.50 increase to the current monthly bill of $37.80 for a single black can service, a 12% increase totaling $42.30 monthly for the service.
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With the two container collection service the black can waste stream will no longer be allowed to be hauled to the San Joaquin County Lovelace Transfer Station since the facility is not a high diversion organic processing facility. The black can waste stream will be sent to the Gilton Resource Recovery (GRR) Transfer Station located in Modesto, which has demonstrated the ability to meet the CalRecycle separation and recovery thresholds of organic material.
Staff has been working closely with Gilton over the past several months to determine the feasibility and cost to haul our solid waste stream to their facility for processing. The price increase for the two container service is attributed to the increased tipping fee for processing which will go from the current rate of $74/ton at the SJ County Transfer Station up to $115/ton at the GGR Transfer Station. The City, along with several other municipalities, have an existing agreement with San Joaquin County which requires all solid waste to be disposed of at San Joaquin County owned facilities, this does not include recyclables or organic waste. This was done to allow the County to count on revenue sources and plan for expansion to continue providing landfill services locally. The price per ton from Gilton includes transferring all solid waste, once sorted, back to San Joaquin County facilities for disposal. Any recyclables and organic waste derived from the City solid waste stream may or may not be recycled or composted in San Joaquin County.
Despite the large cost increase there are some benefits of choosing the 2 container service over the 3 container service including reduced staff time for education and outreach, oversight, auditing and citing our residents for misplacing items into cans. The general solid waste operation will remain the same, City crews will continue the collection and hauling service.
Residents will see no change in the process and will continue to sort as they have always done.
Staff has also been in contact with the 3 permitted commercial and industrial haulers providing solid waste services to businesses within the City regarding the SB1383 requirements. They will have until January of 2024 to comply with the regulations and have all indicated meeting the deadline is feasible.
The goal is to fully implement the residential and commercial requirements of SB1383 before January of 2024 which is when violations can be issued by CalRecycle with penalties, the next steps in order to achieve this are outlined below:
Draft agreement between the City of Ripon and Gilton to outline the terms and mutual interests for processing the City solid waste, present to the City Council for approval. Draft agreement between the City of Ripon and Central Valley Compost (current organic waste composting facility being used) to outline the terms and mutual interests for processing the City organic waste, present to the City Council for approval. Provide the City Council with a detailed cost analysis of the SB1383 impacts to the Garbage Enterprise Funds and current rates.
Additionally a detailed cost analysis with recommended changes to the Recycling Center
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activities will be presented to the City Council. Every ton that is processed through the Recycling Center will help eliminate volume in the residential black cans, which will now cost more to process. Over the coming months staff will be working on an education and outreach program for residents and businesses in collaboration with the school district to promote and encourage more use at the City Recycling Center.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The anticipated tipping fee increase to provide the SB1383 required services described above is approximately $250,000 annually once implemented and will be paid for through the Garbage Enterprise Operating Fund.
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