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March 3, 2025, 7:00 pm City of San Mateo City Council Chambers 330 West 20th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403
HOW SOLID WASTE RATES ARE DETERMINED
The total cost of the solid waste program includes those for collection services Residential Garbage Collection (Single family homes are billed quarterly, assuming provided by Recology San Mateo County (Recology), processing and disposal services service 1 time per week) provided by the South Bayside Waste Management Authority (SBWMA), and City fees Size of 2024 Current Proposed 2025 Monthly that support the City's sustainability goals and efforts to meet all regulatory Collection Cart Monthly Rate Monthly Rate Difference
compliance mandates. These include the solid waste program, street sweeping, litter and illegal dumping abatement, trash capture device management, and franchise fees. Residential Cart Rates (collected 1 time per week) Customer rates are adjusted as required to generate enough revenue to cover the 20 Gallon $28.59 $36.09 $7.50 cost of the provided services. These services are available to or provided as a benefit to all City of San Mateo residents and commercial businesses. Recommended rates 32 Gallon $37.93 $45.93 $8.00 are reviewed by the South Bayside Waste Management Authority Board of Directors 64 Gallon $63.93 $72.43 $8.50 based on a financial evaluation of operating costs and projected revenues. Single family residential bills are based on the size of your solid waste cart and cover the 96 Gallon $94.08 $103.08 $9.00 cost of collection, processing, and disposal of solid waste, recycling, and material. Commercial and multi-family bills are based on the size of your solid waste Commercial/Multi-Family Garbage Cart Collection (Assuming service one time per week, commercial customers are billed monthly)
container and frequency of collection (e.g., 1 time per week, 2 times per week) and covers the cost of collecting solid waste and recycling. In addition, commercial and Size of 2024 Current Proposed 2025 Monthly multi-family bills include a charge for organic material collections based on the size Collection Cart Monthly Rate Monthly Rate Difference and frequency of collection of the organic material container.
Commercial Solid Waste Cart Rates (collected 1 time per week) The full rate schedule, including all commercial services, is available for review at 20 Gallon $28.34 $34.84 $6.50 www.cityofsanmateo.orq/ProposedSolidWasteRates or at the City Clerk's Office at 330 West 20th Avenue, San Mateo. 32 Gallon $37.18 $42.93 $5.75 PROPOSED RATE INCREASES 64 Gallon $64.26 $64.26 $0.00
The proposed change is directly related to the significant increases to Recology 96 Gallon $94.47 $94.47 $0.00 collection costs and disposal and processing costs which have caused costs to exceed revenues. The City was able to temporarily defer some of these cost Commercial / Multi-family Organics Cart Collection (Assuming service one time increases in 2024. However, the cost for these services remains and continued er week, commercial customers are billed monthly increases are necessary to address these expenses.
Size of 2024 Current Proposed 2025 Monthly
IMPACT OF PROPOSED INCREASE ON SOLID WASTE BILLS Monthly Rate Monthly Rate Difference Collection Cart
The following three tables summarize the rates with proposed increases.
Commercial rates are increasing so that the cost of each organic cart or bin is Commercial Organics Cart Rates (collected 1 time per week) equal to the commercial garbage rate and meets the actual cost to provide the 20 Gallon $28.34 $34.84 $6.50
All other commercial/multi-family garbage rates for larger containers or metal bin 32 Gallon $37.18 $42.93 $5.75 service rates will remain flat. 64 Gallon $64.26 $64.26 $0.00 Recology provides additional services upon request that are not included in the 96 Gallon $94.47 $94.47 $0.00 City's solid waste collection rate. Additional services include backyard or distance serina sedities wins earn the customers Recorder fo
as separate line items in addition to the standard cost of collection. A complete For questions, please call the City of San Mateo, Public Works list all the additional services and their 2025 cost is available at Department at 650-522-7346. www.cityofsanmateo.org/ProposedSolidWasteRates or at the City Clerk's Office located at 330 W. 20th Avenue, San Mateo.
- PROPOSED INCREASE FOR SOLID WASTE/RECYCLING/COMPOST COLLECTION FOR RATE YEAR 2025 94403
The City of San Mateo is currently considering an increase to the charges set by the City and collected by Recology for solid San Mateo, CA waste/recycling/compost collection and disposal. You are receiving this notice because City records indicate that you Public Works Department are a solid waste customer receiving service in the City. CALIFORNIA SAN matter may be art the San Mate Strong more ta matter may ublic Hearing to accept public input and testimony on a oroposed increase on the maximum allowable charge for solic waste/recycling/compost collection and disposal, to be effective written input to the Cite suncil Although the city Council will written input to the City Council. Although consider all input, State law provides that only the written protests of property owners may be counted to determine whether a majority protest (50% of all parcels +1) to the oroposed maximum exists. If, at the conclusion of the public hearing, a majority protest of property owners does not exist, the City Council will consider adoption of the proposed increase in the maximum allowable charges.
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March 3, 2025, 7:00 pm City of San Mateo City Council Chambers 330 West 20th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING March 3, 2025, 7:00 pm
City of San Mateo
City Council Chambers
330 West 20th Avenue,
San Mateo, CA 94403
HOW TO PROTEST THE RATE INCREASE
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rior to the meetina date, or hand delivered to the City Clerk, a ny time before the end of the public hearing. The City Clerk' ddress is: 330 West 20th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403. Onl ne protest per parcel will be counted. Written protest mus me poser a statement an e ver or clemen,
signature for the property served. While protests may not be submitted by electronic means such as email or texts,
sue mitten oficial tate protest mechanismunder Proposition 218, the City values all residential input
correspondence regarding rates.