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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 FINAN
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 organic Commercial/Multi-Family Garbage Cart Collection (Assuming service one time material. Commercial and multi-family bills are based on the size of your solid waste container and frequency of collection (e.g., 1 time per week, 2 times per week) and per week, commercial customers are billed monthly) 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
96 Gallon $94.47 $94.47 $0.00
exceed revenues. cer week, camera astor er are it a montlection (Assuming service one time increases in 2024. However, the cost for these services remains and continued increases are necessary to address these expenses.
IMPACT OF PROPOSED INCREASE ON SOLID WASTE BILLS Size of 2024 Current Proposed 2025 Monthly The following three tables summarize the rates with proposed increases. Collection Cart Monthly Rate Monthly Rate Difference 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 $34.84 $6.50 $28.34
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 96 Gallon $94.47 $94.47 $0.00
For questions, please call the City of San Mateo, Public Works ist of all the additional services and their 2025 cost is available Department at 650-522-7346. www.cityofsanmateo.org/ProposedSolidWasteRates or at the City Clerk's Office located at 330 W. 20th Avenue, San Mateo.
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