Resolution No. 2026-089
Resolution No. 2026
June 17, 2026
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-089
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA,
DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC
HEARING ON AUGUST 19, 2026, TO CONSIDER
ADJUSTING THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED SERVICE
RATES FOR INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE COLLECTION,
PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL SERVICES
WHEREAS, solid waste collection, processing and disposal, street sweeping, and right - of-way clean up services are provided to the City of San Bernardino by Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. (Burrtec) pursuant to an exclusive franchise agreement with the City; and WHEREAS, the agreement with Burrtec provides for an annual review of the Maximum Permitted Service Rates that Burrtec may charge residential and commercial customers; and
WHEREAS, Burrtec has submitted the Annual Refuse Rate Adjustment for 2026 and are requesting an additional increase to residential rates as a “second phase” implementation of adjustments due to Change in Law Senate Bill (SB) 1383; and
WHEREAS, Burrtec has submitted the Annual Refuse Rate Adjustment for 2026 and are requesting an additional increase to residential rates due to the delay in the public hearing and proposed rate adoption from July 1 of the calendar year to August 5, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino is proposing to annually pass through to all Solid Waste Services customers automatic Consumer Price Index ( CPI) adjustments for inflation (“Annual Automatic Adjustments”) by an amount not to exceed the annual percentage increase, if any, in the CPI, subject to a maximum increase of 5% annual; and
WHEREAS, if approved, the then -current Maximum Permitted Service Rates may be adjusted by the 12-month annual average percentage change in CPI for the most recent calendar year compared to the prior calendar year for Fiscal Years 2026 -27 through 2030 -31 without a further public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council desire to conduct a proceeding to adjust the Maximum Permitted Service Rates for a period beginning July 1, 2027, and each July 1 thereafter, through and including adjustments effective on or after July 1, 2030, in accordance with the terms of the franchise agreement between the City and Burrtec, so that Burrtec may recover the costs of service.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
Resolution No. 2026-089
Resolution No. 2026
June 17, 2026
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of San Bernardino hereby declares its intention to conduct a public hearing to consider adjusting the Maximum Permitted Service Rates for integrated solid waste collection, processing and disposal services.
SECTION 2. The hour of 5:00 p.m. on August 19, 2026, in the Feldheym Central Library, 555 West 6th Street, San Bernardino, California, 92410, is fixed as the time and place of the public hearing for the Mayor and City Council to Consider adjusting the Maximum Permitted Service Rates for integrated solid waste collection, processing and disposal services.
SECTION 3. In conformity with Article XIII D, Section 6 of the California Constitution, the Mayor and City Council will consider written protests to the proposed adjustment to the Maximum Permitted Service Rates for integrated solid waste collection, processing disposal, street sweeping, and right-of-way cleanup services at the public hearing set in section 2 above. At the hearing the Mayor and City Council will consider whether a majority protest exists.
SECTION 4. The Mayor and City Council authorizes and directs the City Manager or their designee to: (1) identify the parcels upon which the rates are proposed for imposition; (2) calculate the amount of the rates to be imposed on each parcel; and (3) provide writte n notice by mail to record owner of each identified parcel at least 45 days prior to the public hearing set in Section 2 above as required by Article XIII D, Section 6 of the California Constitution. In the event that the City Manager, or his or h er designee, is unable to provide written notice by mail to the record owner of each identified parcel at least 45 days prior to the public hearing set in Section 2 above, the City Manager is authorized and directed to set the public hearing at a subsequent regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk this 17th day of June, 2026.
Helen Tran, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Attest:
Telicia Lopez, CMC, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Sonia Carvalho, City Attorney
Resolution No. 2026-089
Resolution No. 2026
June 17, 2026
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO) ss
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
I, Telicia Lopez , CMC, City Clerk, hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of Resolution No. 2026-089, adopted at a regular meeting held on the 17th day of June 2026 by the following vote:
Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
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WITNESS my hand and official seal of the City of San Bernardino this 18th day of June 2026.
Telicia Lopez, CMC, City Clerk