REPORT
City of Santa Monica
Submitted electronically: February 6, 2023
Five-Year Rate Study
405 14th Street, Suite 350, Oakland, CA 94612 | p 916.782.7821 | f 916.782.7824 | www.r3cgi.com February 6, 2023
Ms. Yvonne Yeung
Acting Resource Recovery and Recycling Manager
City of Santa Monica
2500 Michigan Ave, Building 9s, Santa Monica, CA 90404
submitted via email: [email protected]
SUBJECT: Report – Five-Year Rate Study
Dear Ms. Yeung,
R3 Consulting Group (R3) is pleased to submit this Report to the City of Santa Monica (City) detailing our analysis findings, and recommendations related to Santa Monica’s Resource Recovery and Recycling (RRR) Divisions enterprise fund and solid rates for fiscal year (FY) 2023-24 through FY 2027-28.
In 2019, the City engaged R3 to conduct a rate study forecasting revenues, expenses, and necessary rate increases effective FY 2020-21 through FY 2024-25. The results of that rate study were completed in March 2020, just prior to start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and were not brought forward for Council adoption because of the economic uncertainty at the time.
This updated rate study follows up on that prior engagement, with findings and recommendations including:
The City’s RRR Division provides comprehensive solid waste, recycling, street sweeping, and other services necessary to fulfill unfunded State and other mandates.
The RRR enterprise fund is currently operating at a budgeted deficit due to not adjusting solid waste rates since FY 2019-20.
The RRR enterprise fund will be nearly exhausted by the end of FY 20223-24 and will not be able to continue operations into FY 2024-25 without immediate increases in rate revenues.
The City provides a comparably high level of service to its residents and businesses compared to other publicly run solid waste operations.
After needed updates to the City’s rate structure and increases to rate revenues, the City’s rates for single-family residents will remain appropriate given the level of service being provided, and rates for multi-family residents and businesses will remain low compared to other communities. * * * * *
We appreciate the opportunity to continue to be of service to the City. Should you have any questions on our Report, please don’t hesitate to reach out directly.
Sincerely,
Garth Schultz | Principal
R3 Consulting Group, Inc.
510.292.0853 | [email protected]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report TOC
1. Executive Summary & Background
page 1
2. RRR Enterprise Fund Is At Risk
page 3
3. Five-Year Rate Study Overview
page 5
4. Revenue, Expense, & Reserve Projections
page 6
5. Five-Year Rate Projections
page 9
Supporting Figures
1 Cost Increases by Category for FY 2022-23 over FY 2021-22 ...............................................3 2 Expense Projections for Five-Year Rate Study ......................................................................7 3 History and Projections of Revenues, Expenses and Reserves by Year ...............................8 4 Comparison of Single-Family Bundled Monthly Rates (FY 2023-24 Projected) ...................10 5 Comparison of Multi-Family Bundled Monthly Rates (FY 2023-24 Projected) ......................12 6 Comparison of Commercial Bundled Monthly Rates (FY 2023-24 Projected) ......................14 Supporting Tables
1 Single-Family 65-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates ........................................................................9 2 Single-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates ........................................................................9 3 Annual Change in Single-Family 65-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates ..........................................9 4 Annual Change in Single-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates ..........................................9 5 Multi-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates (4-Units) ..........................................................11 6 Multi-Family 2-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (10-Units) .........................................11 7 Annual Change in Multi-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates (4-Units) ............................11 8 Annual Change in Multi-Family 2-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (10-Units) ...........11 9 Commercial 3-CY 1x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (0.75” WM)........................................13 10 Commercial 3-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (1.5” WM)..........................................13 11 Annual Change in Commercial 3-CY 1x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (0.75” WM) ..........13 12 Annual Change in Commercial 3-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (1.5” WM) ............13
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & BACKGROUND
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 1 of 14 Executive Summary
The City of Santa Monica’s Resource Recovery and Recycling Division (RRR) provides critical solid waste and recycling, public health, sustainable materials management, short-lived climate pollutant greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, and Clean & Safe community programs and services to residents and businesses in the City of Santa Monica. Santa Monica is among the few public agencies that provides these services to residents and businesses as a municipal operation, from which the primary benefit is the City’s direct control over programs, flexibility in service, and ability to adapt in response to public needs. 95% of RRR’s funding comes from rates charged via the City’s utility bill – those rates have not been changed since fiscal year (FY) 2019-20 and are overdue for updates.
The City had previously planned to update rates in FY 2020-21, in order to provide the new programs needed to address increasing demand for extra solid waste collection, combat illegal dumping, and fund progress towards achievement of the City’s 2030 Zero Waste Goal. Additionally, important updates to multi-family and commercial rates were needed to align with single-family residential rates and best practices for solid waste rate structuring. Updates to rates were not implemented that year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the City remains without an approved plan to set rates in future years.
RRR is a well-managed operating providing high levels of service to the community, and had a history of low-rate increases, well-controlled expenses, and stable reserves above target levels. However, since the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the available reserves in RRR’s enterprise fund have been spent, despite RRR cutting staffing and programs, deferring capital replacements and projects, and leveraging one-time revenues all in an effort to continue providing services while avoiding increases in charges to ratepayers. Today, the RRR Fund is at a critical moment wherein rate increases are required for RRR to continue operating for much longer – without rate increases in FY 2023-24, RRR Fund reserves will be fully exhausted early in FY 2024-25 and RRR will not be able to function.
The results of the City’s new RRR rate study will achieve sustainable funding for operations, restore operations to pre-COVID-19 levels, and replenish reserves to safe levels. Rate increases for single-family rates effective August 1, 2023 and July 1 of 2024 through 2027 of 10.2% to 11% are recommended – with these increases, the average annual increase over the last 15-years is just over 5%, which is directly in keeping with solid waste industry trends. Updates to multi-family and commercial rates to bundle street sweeping charges into solid waste rates is also recommended, resulting in varying changes (from approximately 2% to 50%) in effective August 1, 2023 and 10.2% to 11% on July 1 of 2024 through 2027.
After update and adjustment, the City’s multi-family and commercial rates will remain well below most other comparable agencies, and the City’s single-family residential rates will be comparable to other agencies given the comparably high level of service the City provides.
Background and Services
RRR is an enterprise operation provides solid waste and recycling collection, processing and disposal, and street sweeping services to residents and businesses in Santa Monica. Santa Monica is among a small and unique set of public agencies in Los Angeles County that provide municipal solid waste services to residents and businesses, with only two other cities (Claremont and Culver City) providing full service solid waste programs to their constituents. Publicly provided solid waste services like Santa Monica’s can provide a great deal of control, flexibility, and responsiveness to community needs compared to private operations secured through long-term agreements.
Services and programs provided by RRR are critical to preserve public health and are also required to fulfill State mandates for the reduction of GHG emissions. Per SB 1383 (The Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Act of 2016) the City must implement a variety of programs and services to recover and recycle organic waste (such as food scraps, yard trimmings and paper) and thus reduce GHG emissions from landfills. In support of this objective, as well as the City’s Goal of Zero Waste for 2030, the City employs a team of dedicated staff supporting Zero Waste outreach and education efforts, including in-the-field training and technical assistance to businesses and multi-family dwellings.
Executive Summary & Background
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 2 of 14 The suite of services that RRR provides to residents and businesses exceed those provided by most other jurisdictions in Los Angeles County and the State.
Unlike most cities, Santa Monica provides:
Trash, recycling and organic waste collection in a bundled package via one rate to all customers, which provides a strong financial incentive to recycle and compost waste and is cost-effective for rate payers.
Unlimited collection of bulky items from residents and businesses, dedicated clean-up and removal of illegal dumping and alley clean-ups throughout the City, and quarterly community clean-up events.
Convenient on-call door-to-door collection of household hazardous waste (“HHW” which includes paints, cleaning chemicals, pesticides, etc.).
Regular and popular recycling events including paper shredding, electronic waste, carpet, mattresses, compost giveaways, used oil collection, City-wide garage sale, and repair café.
2. RRR ENTERPRISE FUND IS AT RISK
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 3 of 14 The RRR enterprise fund (RRR Fund) is currently operating at a structural budget deficit of $10 million in FY 2022-23 after a three-year rate increase suspension.
This deficit is primarily due to the combined result of $9.5 million in cost increases over the prior year, including:
$1.4 million - Normal increases in collection operations costs, including labor, vehicle maintenance, fuel and other services, and which comprise nearly half (43%) of RRR’s overall expenses.
$2.3 million - Anticipated increases in post-collection costs, including recycling, composting, and processing of trash (instead of direct landfilling) to recover resources to meet State mandates and the City’s Zero Waste Goal, comprising one quarter (25%) of RRR’s expenses. $2.0 million – Increases in property, overhead and shared costs, including new salary deferrals per labor agreements, new costs for debt service on the City Yards project, and increases in RRR’s funding obligations to other City programs (OSE and 311), comprising 12% of RRR’s expenses.
$3.8 million – Increases due to deferred capital replacements and projects, including collection containers and vehicles and RRR’s operating facility, comprising 20% of RRR’s expenses.
Additional detail regarding the changes in cost for FY 2022-23 compared to FY 2021-22 by category are shown in Figure 1, below.
Figure 1: Cost Increases by Category for FY 2022-23 over FY 2021-22 Salaries and Wages,
$837,122
Vehicle Maintenance,
$78,889 Fuel, Supplies,
Professional Services,
$471,197
Recycling and Disposal
Costs, $1,319,897
Transfer and
Transportation Costs,
$835,541
Household Hazardous
Waste Services,
$141,265
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Commitments (MOU,
OPEB, EMPC Payout),
$1,129,650
City Yard Debt Service,
$496,268
Environmental
Reimbursement to OSE,
$148,615
311 Team Funding,
$223,534
Trucks and Equipment
Capital Costs,
$3,843,155
RRR Enterprise Fund Is At Risk
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 4 of 14 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prior plans to update rates and increase effective July 1, 2020 by 15% and annually thereafter by 4% were not implemented. Instead, RRR cut staffing (twelve as-needed frontline employees were laid off plus four permanent positions were eliminated) and other expenses, leading to service issues that remain today. RRR also deferred necessary capital truck replacements and facility projects, leveraged one-time revenues, and drew down the RRR Fund balance in order to sustain operations.
Under present operating conditions, the RRR Fund will nearly exhaust all of its reserves by the end of FY 2023-24. Without immediate increases to solid waste rates charged to residents and businesses, the RRR Fund will run out of money in early FY 2024-25, which will have detrimental effects on the City’s solid waste, recycling and street sweeping operations.
The City must increase solid waste rates in order to continue providing solid waste, recycling and street sweeping services beyond FY 2023-24.
3. FIVE-YEAR RATE STUDY OVERVIEW
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 5 of 14 The City typically conducts rate studies every five years in order to set rates for RRR’s operations. Rate studies were completed in 2006 and 2014, each of which resulted in Council adoption of five-year rate projections.
In 2019, the City engaged R3 to conduct a rate study forecasting revenues, expenses, and necessary rate increases effective FY 2020-21 through FY 2024-25. The results of that rate study were completed in March 2020, just prior to start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and were not brought forward for Council adoption because of the economic uncertainty at the time.
The City re-engaged R3 to complete a rate study for the coming five (5) fiscal years, from FY 2023-24 through FY 2027-28. A summary of rate modeling projections is included in Attachment 1.
The objectives of this rate study were to:
Achieve financial stability in the RRR Fund by generating revenues to cover costs, fund required capital replacement and projects (collection vehicles and containers) and rebuild healthy reserves.
Rebuild and restore staffing and services that were cut during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Enhance and improve services to support Santa Monica’s Clean & Safe community objectives.
Update, modernize and simplify the City’s rate structure to meet current industry standards.
During the course of completing the rate study, R3 found RRR’s operations to be well-run, comprehensive, and generally very stable.
For example, R3 found that, over the prior ten years from FY 2011-12 through FY 2021-22:
RRR’s annual expenses grew at a pace of 3.8% annually, which is below normal industry trends of 4-5% annual expense growth.
RRR’s residential customer rates grew at a pace of 2.4% annually and commercial rates grew by
3.2% annually, both of which were below the rate of growth in expenses.
RRR successfully navigated downturns in recycling markets resulting from China’s National Sword Policy (2017) while also navigating community compliance with new unfunded State mandates for Mandatory Commercial Recycling (AB 341) and Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling (AB 1826), as well as the Short-lived Climate Pollutants Act (SB 1383).
The RRR Fund balance was very healthy, well above recommended 90-day operating reserves in recent years.
4. REVENUE, EXPENSE, & RESERVE
PROJECTIONS
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 6 of 14 In completing the rate study, R3 evaluated and projected RRR’s revenues, expenses, fund reserves, and necessary rate increases over the next five years.
Revenue Projections
The vast majority of RRR’s revenues (95%) are from bi-monthly rate charged to residents and businesses via the City’s utility bills for solid waste and recycling collection, processing, recovery and disposal services (projected to be $27 million in FY 2022-23). The remaining 5% of revenues (projected to be $2.3 million in FY 2022-23) are generated from other RRR services, such as construction and demolition debris management planning, solid waste enclosure plan check review, services to other City departments, events and other services.
RRR’s revenues do not change appreciably year-to-year and are thus projected to remain flat without changes to the bi-monthly rates charged to ratepayers. Though there is the possibility of growth in the number of ratepayers in the future (associated with projection of new housing units included in the City’s new Housing Element), growth in accounts cannot be reliably projected at this time, and thus the rate study does not include an expectation of growth in revenue resulting from growth in subscriptions.
Expense Projections
RRR’s expenses are projected to increase annually by an average of ~4% per year in the coming five years, in accordance with the following projections:
Net addition of 14.12 full time equivalent permanent positions in FY 2023-24 to replenish positions lost during COVID-19 staffing reductions and to enhance the City’s clean, safe, and zero waste programming, with projected increases in these expenses of 5% annually. This also includes creation of a new illegal dumping and bulky item response team, that will increase collection of illegal dumping and bulky items while also improving responsiveness time for these services.
Labor costs (inclusive of salaries, wages and benefits) increasing overall by 3.4% to 5.5%, in keeping with the City’s uniform cost-of-living-adjustment projections per labor MOUs.
Vehicle maintenance costs increasing by 2.4% per year.
Fuel, supplies and professional services increasing by 1.9% per year after one-year increases for insurance, contractual and legal services in FY 2023-24.
Recycling and disposal costs increasing by 8.8% to 13.1% per year as per the terms and conditions of recently procured agreements which include gradually increasing amounts of solid waste processing to capture and recyclable recoverable materials to meet State mandates and the City’s Zero Waste Goal.
Transfer and transportation costs increasing by 2.4% annually.
HHW costs increasing 2.3% to 3.5% annually.
City-wide cost allocation costs increasing 3% annually.
Anticipated doubling of RRR’s rental costs for use of City Yard.
General liability insurance costs increasing 3% to 14.8% annually in accordance with City’s budget projections.
Environmental reimbursement to Office of Sustainability and Environment increasing 3% to 4% annually in accordance with City’s budget projections.
Truck and equipment capital costs set based on replacement projections provided by City’s Fleet Department.
Expense projections by year are shown in Figure 2, on the following page.
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 7 of 14 Figure 2: Expense Projections for Five-Year Rate Study
Expense Allocations
RRR expenses are allocated by service container type – i.e., cart service or bin service – which corresponds to the type of route truck used to perform solid waste collections. Annual expenses are allocated to cart or bin service based on a blended allocation comprised of: revenue (20% weighting), tonnage (65% weighting), number of subscriptions (7.5% weighting) and container lifts (7.5% weighting).
The result is that 38.75% of expenses are allocated to cart service and 61.25% are allocated to bin service.
Fund Reserve Projections
The RRR Fund began FY 2022-23 with available reserves of $22.5 million, $10 million of which are projected to be used to fund operations, resulting in a projected year-end fund balance of $12.5 million.
In order to phase-in rate necessary rate increases and avoid near-term spikes in rates, the City intends to continue to use available fund balance to offset needed increases through FY 2025-26.1 This means that expenses will continue to exceed revenues in FY 2023-24 through FY 2025-26 even if the City adopts and implements recommended rate increases. As a result, R3 projects that the available fund balance will 1 Please Note: Prior rate study draft included larger rate adjustments in FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25 than those included in this Report – use of fund reserves is keeping near-term rate adjustments lower than they would otherwise be.
15,692,311 17,079,520 18,038,251 18,841,735 19,414,774 20,100,146 20,751,515 7,335,557
9,632,260 10,211,111 11,080,094 11,996,900 12,963,727 13,988,766 2,696,317 4,705,650
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1,616,237 1,697,049 1,781,901 1,870,996 1,964,546
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Grand Total Costs
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 8 of 14 decrease to $6.4 million by the end of FY 2023-24, $3.0 million by the end of FY 2024-2025, and $2.7 million by the end of FY 2025-26.
While spending down available fund balance to stabilize rates and phase-in rate increases is an appropriate and advantageous, it is also important rebuild reserves to safe target levels. R3 strongly recommends that the City set rates to achieve a 90-day operating reserve by the end of the five-year projection period. The 90-day operating reserve is the best practice policy for other solid waste enterprise funds through the state and is also the City’s adopted target for the Water Fund. The rate study measures the 90-day operating reserve as 25% (90 divided by 365) of projected operating expenses (not including truck replacement and capital project costs) and forecasts achievement of the reserve target by the end of FY 2027-28, which is the final year of the rate study. Achieving the 90-day operating reserve in that year would result in an ending available fund balance of $10.5 million.
The primary reason that the City should plan to achieve a 90-day operating reserve for the RRR Fund within five years is due to the fact that expense projections are modest and do not reflect the possibility of long-term inflation. Expenses as projected in the rate study generally use low 2% to 5% cost-of-living adjustments, resulting in overall annual cost increases of approximately 4% per year. If inflation results in higher annual cost increases in range of 5% to 6% per year (as was the case for many cost types in 2022) then actual costs will outpace rate study projections, resulting in precipitously low fund reserves.
To that end, planning to achieve a 90-day operating reserve serves as further rate stabilization and likely avoiding the need for additional rate increases above those already contemplated for the coming five years via the rate study. A history of and projections for RRR’s revenues, expenses and fund reserves by year are shown in Figure 3, below.
Figure 3: History and Projections of Revenues, Expenses and Reserves by Year 0%
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Revenue Trend (5.39% Annual Increase) Expense Trend (5.41% Annual Increase) Fund Reserves as Percent of Expenses
5. FIVE-YEAR RATE PROJECTIONS
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 9 of 14 Using the aforementioned projections of revenues, expenses, and fund reserves, the rate study yields recommended increases to RRR’s single-family, multi-family and commercial rates effective August 1, 2023 and July 1 of 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027. Two rate adjustment alternatives are presented for the City’s consideration: Alternative A, which includes funding for all expense projections described on the prior page and is recommended by RRR staff and R3, and Alternative B, which does not include the creation of an illegal dumping and bulky item response team (IDBI-RT), and thus has marginally lower rate increases. Though the City’s rates are listed in its rate sheets and billed to customers in utility bills on a bi-monthly basis, the effective monthly rates are shown for easy reference. The complete set of projected rates for each ratepayer classification is included as Attachment 2 (Five-Year Rate Sheets).
Single-Family Rates
The City’s single-family rates are based on trash container size (65-gallon and 95-gallon trash carts) but cover the cost of all service provided to single-family customers. The “bundled” service package includes weekly collection of trash, recycling, and organics, as well as street sweeping, bulky item pickups, on-call door-to-door HHW collection, and access to periodic recycling events. Tables 1 and 2, below, show the single-family rates for the five-year rate study period for 65-gallon and 95-gallon monthly rates for each of the two alternatives.
Table 1: Single-Family 65-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates
Alternatives Current FY
2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 A – Staff
Recommended $41.78 $46.37 $51.47 $57.13 $63.42 $70.39
B – No IDBI-RT $41.78 $46.04 $50.73 $55.91 $61.61 $67.89 Table 2: Single-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates
Alternatives Current FY
2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 A – Staff
Recommended $53.90 $59.83 $66.41 $73.71 $81.82 $90.82
B – No IDBI-RT $53.90 $59.39 $65.45 $72.13 $79.48 $87.59 Tables 3 and 4, below, show the annual increase in the monthly rates, which amount to 11% per year for Alternative A and 10.2% per year for Alternative B.
Table 3: Annual Change in Single-Family 65-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates Alternatives FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 A – Staff
Recommended $4.60 $5.10 $5.66 $6.29 $6.98
B – No IDBI-RT $4.26 $4.70 $5.18 $5.70 $6.29
Table 4: Annual Change in Single-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates Alternatives FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 A – Staff
Recommended $5.93 $6.58 $7.30 $8.11 $9.00
B – No IDBI-RT $5.50 $6.06 $6.68 $7.36 $8.10
Five-Year Rate Projections
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 10 of 14 It is important to note that, considering the three years of frozen rates (FY 2020-21 through FY 2022-23), the average annual 10-year increase through FY 2027-28 for Alternative A is 6.3% and for Alternative B is
6.0%. Likewise, the average annual 15-year increase from FY 2013-14 through FY 2027-28 is 5.3% per year for Alternative A and 5.05% per year for Alternative B. That average annual rate of increase compares well with industry standards, especially given changes in the recycling market places, new and increasing unfunded State mandates, and the comparably high levels of service provided by RRR.
The City’s single-family rates are comparable to other cities in Los Angeles County that provide municipal solid waste collection services themselves, as shown in Figure 4, below. This shows the recommended FY 2023-24 City rates per Alternative A in comparison to projected FY 2023-24 rates for the seven other municipally provided solid waste services in Los Angeles County for which comparable rates exist.2 Though Santa Monica’s single-family rates are somewhat higher than those charged by the comparable agencies, single-family residents in Santa Monica have greater benefits in the form of street sweeping, on-call door-to-door HHW collection, unlimited bulky item collection, periodic recycling events and funding for Zero Waste Goal achievement, which are not common in most of the other agencies.
Figure 4: Comparison of Single-Family Bundled Monthly Rates (FY 2023-24 Projected) Multi-Family Rates
Like single-family rates, the City’s multi-family rates are also based on trash container size and cover the cost providing collection of trash, recycling, and organics, as well as bulky item pickups, on-call door-todoor HHW collection, and access to periodic recycling events. 2 Please Note: CPI adjustments have been applied to FY 2022-23 rates for comparable agencies where applicable. Additionally, while Beverly Hills also provides municipal solid waste services to single-family residents, that City collects solid waste rate revenues via tax rolls based on square footage with the amounts not being publicly available or comparable. Finally, Culver City does not provide 95-gallon single-family service and Los Angeles does not provide 65-gallon single-family service. $46.37
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Five-Year Rate Projections
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 11 of 14 Unlike the single-family rates, however, street sweeping is not currently included as a part of the bundled trash rate and is instead charged separately on per living unit. The practice of separately charging for street sweeping per living unit is inconsistent with standard solid waste rate-setting practice as well as the City’s current practice for single-family ratepayers and is unnecessarily complicated and impractical to continue given a recent Court of Appeals ruling that considered street sweeping to be solid waste collection activity. Therefore, R3 and staff are recommending discontinuance of the separate street sweeping charge based on living units and are instead recommending that street sweeping be included in the bundled rate based on trash subscription.
Also unlike single-family rates, multi-family ratepayers can choose from a variety of subscription levels and sizes, as shown in Attachment 1 (Five-Year Rate Sheets). Tables 5 and 6, below, show examples of common multi-family subscription types (95-gallon of trash at a four-unit complex and 2-cubic yards of trash collected twice weekly at a 10-unit complex) for multi-family rates for the five-year rate study period.
Table 5: Multi-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates (4-Units) Alternatives Current FY
2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 A – Staff
Recommended $59.25 $59.83 $66.41 $73.71 $81.82 $90.82
B – No IDBI-RT $59.25 $59.39 $65.45 $72.13 $79.48 $87.59 Table 6: Multi-Family 2-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (10-Units) Alternatives Current FY
2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 A – Staff
Recommended $230.60 $314.78 $349.41 $387.85 $430.51 $477.86 B – No IDBI-RT $230.60 $314.78 $346.89 $382.27 $421.26 $464.23 Tables 7 and 8, below, show the annual increase in the monthly rates. For the 95-gallon / 4-unit complex rates, the projected increase is 1% in FY 2023-24 and 11% in each of the following years for Alternative A, and 0.2% in FY 2023-24 and 10.2% per year in each of the following years for Alternative B. For the 2- cubic yards twice weekly / 10-unit complex rates, the projected increase is 36.5% in FY 2023-24 and 11% in each of the following years for Alternative A, and 36.5% in FY 2023-24 and 10.2% in each of the following years for Alternative B.
Table 7: Annual Change in Multi-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates (4-Units) Alternatives FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 A – Staff
Recommended $0.58 $6.58 $7.30 $8.11 $9.00
B – No IDBI-RT $0.14 $6.06 $6.68 $7.36 $8.10
Table 8: Annual Change in Multi-Family 2-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (10-Units) Alternatives FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 A – Staff
Recommended $84.18 $34.63 $38.44 $42.66 $47.35
B – No IDBI-RT $84.18 $32.11 $35.38 $38.99 $42.97
As shown in Table 7, above, the effect of bundling street sweeping charges in with trash rates for a small multi-family complex is minimal. Table 8, above, shows that the effect for larger multi-family complexes is Five-Year Rate Projections
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 12 of 14 somewhat larger in the first year, though it is important to understand that the City’s bundled multi-family service rates are quite low in comparison to other agencies. Figure 5, below, shows the comparison of Santa Monica’s rates via Alternative A (and inclusive of street sweeping charges) to other agencies.3 Figure 5: Comparison of Multi-Family Bundled Monthly Rates (FY 2023-24 Projected) As shown in Figure 5, Santa Monica’s rates for multi-family customers (inclusive of street sweeping) compare favorably to rates in other jurisdictions while also providing a high level of service including bulky item pickups, on-call door-to-door HHW collection, and access to periodic recycling events.
Commercial Rates
As with the City’s single-family and multi-family rates, the City’s commercial rates are based on trash container size and covers the cost providing collection of trash, recycling, and organics, as well as bulky item pickups, although business don’t have access to on-call door-to-door HHW collection and periodic recycling events and thus aren’t charged for those services (which is why the proposed commercial rates are slightly lower than the single-family and multi-family rates for the same subscription levels – commercial customers do not pay for HHW services and events through their solid waste rates).
Akin to the multi-family rates, street sweeping is also not currently included as a part of the bundled commercial trash rates and is instead charged separately, based on water meter size. The practice of separately charging for street sweeping by water meter size is inconsistent with standard solid waste ratesetting practice as well as the City’s current practice for single-family ratepayers.
As with multi-family rates, it is unnecessarily complicated and impractical to continue this practice given a recent Court of Appeals ruling that considered street sweeping to be solid waste collection activity. 3 Please Note: Claremont, Culver City, and Torrance did not have publicly available multi-family rates for the purposes of this comparison and that Beverly Hills does not provide cart service to multi-family. Also note that multi-family service for all except Santa Monica are rates provided by private contractors, not municipal service. $59.83
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Five-Year Rate Projections
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 13 of 14 Therefore, R3 and staff are recommending discontinuance of the separate street sweeping charge based on water meter (WM) size and are instead recommending that street sweeping be included in the bundled rate based on trash subscription. Like multi-family ratepayers, commercial ratepayers can choose from a variety of subscription levels and sizes, as shown in Attachment 1 (Five-Year Rate Sheets).
Tables 9 and 10, below, show examples of common commercial subscription types (2-cubic yards once weekly with 0.75” water meter and 3-cubic yards twice weekly with 1.5” water meter) for rates over the five-year rate study period.
Table 9: Commercial 2-CY 1x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (0.75” WM) Alternatives Current FY
2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 A – Staff
Recommended $131.34 $154.69 $172.01 $191.23 $212.56 $236.23 B – No IDBI-RT $131.34 $154.69 $170.75 $188.44 $207.93 $229.42 Table 10: Commercial 3-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (1.5” WM) Alternatives Current FY
2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 A – Staff
Recommended $318.26 $469.47 $521.42 $579.08 $643.07 $714.09 B – No IDBI-RT $318.26 $469.47 $517.64 $570.71 $629.19 $693.65 Tables 11 and 12, below, show the annual increase in the monthly rates. For the 2-cubic yards once weekly with 0.75” water meter, the projected increase is 17.8%% in FY 2023-24 and 11% in each of the following years for Alternative A, and 17.8% in FY 2023-24 and 10.2% per year in each of the following years for Alternative B.
For the 3-cubic yards twice weekly with 1.5” water meter, the projected increase is 47.5% in FY 2023-24 and 11% in each of the following years for Alternative A, and 47.5% in FY 2023-24 and 10.2% in each of the following years for Alternative B.
Table 11: Annual Change in Commercial 2-CY 1x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (0.75” WM) Alternatives FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 A – Staff
Recommended $23.36 $17.32 $19.22 $21.33 $23.68
B – No IDBI-RT $23.36 $16.06 $17.69 $19.50 $21.49
Table 12: Annual Change in Commercial 3-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (1.5” WM) Alternatives FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 A – Staff
Recommended $151.22 $51.95 $57.66 $63.99 $71.02
B – No IDBI-RT $151.22 $48.17 $53.07 $58.48 $64.46
As shown in Tables 11 and 12, above, the effect of bundling street sweeping charges in with trash rates for commercial customers is higher in FY 2023-24 than in the following years.
Five-Year Rate Projections
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 14 of 14 As with multi-family rates, it is important to understand that the City’s bundled commercial service rates are quite low in comparison to other agencies. Figure 6, below, shows the comparison of Santa Monica’s rates via Alternative A (and inclusive of street sweeping charges) to other agencies.4 Figure 6: Comparison of Commercial Bundled Monthly Rates (FY 2023-24 Projected) 4 Please Note: Claremont and Torrance did not have publicly available multi-family rates for the purposes of this comparison. Also note that commercial service for all except Santa Monica and Culver City are rates provided by private contractors, not municipal service.
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ACTUALS ADJUSTED BUDGET 12345
FY 21/22 FY 22/23 FY 23/24 FY 24/25 FY 25/26 FY26/27 FY 27/28 Starting Fund Balance 21,169,728 22,549,276 12,569,720 6,420,809 3,005,343 2,679,323 5,033,898 Single‐Family Residential Rate Increase 11.0% 11.0% 11.0% 11.0% 11.0%Multi‐Family Residential Rate Increase RESTRUCTURE 11.0% 11.0% 11.0% 11.0% Commercial Rate Increase RESTRUCTURE 11.0% 11.0% 11.0% 11.0%Revenues 28,388,780 29,325,172 34,898,246 39,267,954 43,356,794 47,995,721 53,140,822 Salaries and Wages 10,854,075 11,691,197 12,249,833 12,924,498 13,367,071 13,918,971 14,433,795 Vehicle Maintenance 3,521,111 3,600,000 3,686,397 3,774,874 3,865,471 3,958,242 4,053,240 Fuel, Supplies, Professional Services 1,317,126 1,788,323 2,102,022 2,142,363 2,182,232 2,222,932 2,264,481 Collection Operation Costs 15,692,311 17,079,520 18,038,251 18,841,735 19,414,774 20,100,146 20,751,515 Recycling and Disposal Costs 4,034,019 5,353,916 5,825,061 6,587,666 7,395,381 8,252,174 9,162,365 Transfer and Transportation Costs 2,998,414 3,833,955 3,925,970 4,020,193 4,116,678 4,215,478 4,316,650 Household Hazardous Waste Services 303,124 444,389 460,080 472,235 484,842 496,074 509,751 Post‐Collection Recycling and Disposal Costs 7,335,557 9,632,260 10,211,111 11,080,094 11,996,900 12,963,727 13,988,766 City‐wide Cost Allocation Plan 1,276,612 1,276,612 1,302,144 1,328,187 1,354,751 1,381,846 1,409,483 City Yard Rent (With Contingency) 681,022 666,368 1,332,736 1,332,736 1,332,736 1,332,736 1,332,736 Salary and Benefit Commitments (MOU, OPEB, EMPC Payout) 77,490 1,207,140 1,283,413 1,121,523 1,140,810 1,176,880 1,214,139 City Yard Debt Service ‐ 496,268 776,587 777,266 777,209 777,548 777,096 General Liability Insurance 388,375 414,295 459,491 527,285 583,779 621,443 640,274Environmental Reimbursement to OSE 272,818 421,433 438,290 451,439 464,982 478,932 493,300311 Team Funding ‐ 223,534 232,475 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ Property, Overhead and Shared Costs 2,696,317 4,705,650 5,825,138 5,538,435 5,654,268 5,769,384 5,867,027 Restore and Right‐size Collection Service ‐ ‐ 740,194 777,204 816,064 856,867 899,710 Illegal Dumping & Bulky Item Response Team ‐ ‐ 641,355 673,423 707,094 742,449 779,571 SB 1383 Mandatory Compliance & Zero Waste by 2030 Programs ‐ ‐ 122,743 128,880 135,324 142,090 149,195 Right‐Size Sweeping Services ‐ ‐ 111,945 117,542 123,419 129,590 136,069Compliance Programs Costs ‐ ‐ 1,616,237 1,697,049 1,781,901 1,870,996 1,964,546 Trucks and Equipment Capital Costs 4,044,144 7,887,299 5,356,420 5,526,106 4,834,973 4,936,893 5,040,599 Grand Total Costs 29,768,329 39,304,729 41,047,157 42,683,419 43,682,815 45,641,145 47,612,453 Surplus (Shortfall) (1,379,549) (9,979,557) (6,148,911) (3,415,466) (326,021) 2,354,575 5,528,369 Ending Fund Balance 22,549,276 12,569,720 6,420,809 3,005,343 2,679,323 5,033,898 10,562,267 Ending Fund Balance as % of Operating Expenses (Excluding Capital) 40% 18% 8% 7% 12% 25% Santa Monica RRR Fund 5‐Year Forecast and Rate Study
Attachment 1 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study1
SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $92.74 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $314.78 SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $185.48 SSZ Shared Container Service $59.83 SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $278.22
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $119.65
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $239.30 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $358.95 RFX Inactive Account $0.00 SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $212.39 CRC Recycling Container $0.00 SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $275.00 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00 RUC Residence Under Construction $92.74
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $92.74 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $472.17 MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $119.65 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $944.34 MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,416.51
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $275.00 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,888.68 MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $550.00 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,360.85 MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $825.00 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,833.02 MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,305.19
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,100.00
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $1,375.00 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $629.56 MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,259.12 MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,888.68
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $314.78 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,518.24 MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $629.56 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,147.80 MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $944.34 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,777.36 MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,259.12 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,406.92 MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,573.90
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $1,888.68 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $55.10 MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,203.46 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $110.20 MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $165.30
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $220.40 MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $275.50 MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $27.68 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $330.60 MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $113.74 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $385.70 MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $59.83
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $62.32
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $124.64 MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $186.96
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $249.28
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $311.60
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $373.92
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $436.24
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
MISCELLANEOUS
SINGLE FAMILY RATES SINGLE FAMILY RATES
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
Rates effective August 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2
Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study
SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $102.94 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $349.41 SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $205.88 SSZ Shared Container Service $66.41 SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $308.82
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $132.81
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $265.62 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $398.43 RFX Inactive Account $0.00 SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $235.75 CRC Recycling Container $0.00 SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $305.25 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00 RUC Residence Under Construction $102.94
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $102.94 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $524.12 MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $132.81 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,048.24 MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,572.36
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $305.25 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,096.48 MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $610.50 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,620.60 MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $915.75 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,144.72 MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,668.84
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,221.00
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $1,526.25 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $698.82 MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,397.64 MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,096.46
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $349.41 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,795.28 MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $698.82 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,494.10 MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,048.23 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,192.92 MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,397.64 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,891.74 MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,747.05
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,096.46 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $61.16 MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,445.87 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $122.32 MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $183.48
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $244.64 MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $305.80 MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $30.73 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $366.96 MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $126.25 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $428.12 MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $66.41
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $69.18
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $138.36 MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $207.54
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $276.72
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $345.90
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $415.08
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $484.26
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
MISCELLANEOUS
SINGLE FAMILY RATES SINGLE FAMILY RATES
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
Rates effective July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study Attachment 2
SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $114.26 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $387.84 SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $228.52 SSZ Shared Container Service $73.71 SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $342.78
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $147.42
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $294.84 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $442.26 RFX Inactive Account $0.00 SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $261.68 CRC Recycling Container $0.00 SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $338.83 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00 RUC Residence Under Construction $114.26
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $114.26 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $581.78 MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $147.42 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,163.56 MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,745.34
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $338.83 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,327.12 MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $677.66 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,908.90 MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $1,016.49 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,490.68 MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,072.46
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,355.32
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $1,694.15 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $775.70 MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,551.40 MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,327.10
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $387.85 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,102.80 MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $775.70 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,878.50 MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,163.55 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,654.20 MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,551.40 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $5,429.90 MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,939.25
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,327.10 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $67.89 MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,714.95 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $135.78 MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $203.67
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $271.56 MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $339.45 MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $34.11 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $407.34 MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $140.14 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $475.23 MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $73.71
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $76.79
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $153.58 MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $230.37
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $307.16
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $383.95
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $460.74
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $537.53
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
MISCELLANEOUS
SINGLE FAMILY RATES SINGLE FAMILY RATES
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
Rates effective July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study Attachment 2
SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $126.83 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $430.50 SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $253.66 SSZ Shared Container Service $81.82 SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $380.49
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $163.64
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $327.28 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $490.92 RFX Inactive Account $0.00 SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $290.47 CRC Recycling Container $0.00 SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $376.10 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00 RUC Residence Under Construction $126.83
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $126.83 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $645.77 MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $163.64 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,291.54 MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,937.31
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $376.10 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,583.08 MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $752.20 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,228.85 MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $1,128.30 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,874.62 MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,520.39
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,504.40
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $1,880.50 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $861.02 MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,722.04 MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,583.06
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $430.51 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,444.08 MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $861.02 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $4,305.10 MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,291.53 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $5,166.12 MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,722.04 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $6,027.14 MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,152.55
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,583.06 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $75.36 MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,013.57 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $150.72 MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $226.08
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $301.44 MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $376.80 MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $37.86 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $452.16 MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $155.56 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $527.52 MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $81.82
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $85.24
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $170.48 MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $255.72
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $340.96
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $426.20
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $511.44
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $596.68
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
MISCELLANEOUS
SINGLE FAMILY RATES SINGLE FAMILY RATES
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
Rates effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $140.78 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $477.86 SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $281.56 SSZ Shared Container Service $90.82 SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $422.34
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $181.64
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $363.28 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $544.92 RFX Inactive Account $0.00 SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $322.42 CRC Recycling Container $0.00 SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $417.47 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00 RUC Residence Under Construction $140.78
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $140.78 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $716.79 MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $181.64 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,433.58 MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,150.37
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $417.47 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,867.16 MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $834.94 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,583.95 MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $1,252.41 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,300.74 MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $5,017.53
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,669.88
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $2,087.35 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $955.72 MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,911.44 MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,867.16
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $477.86 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,822.88 MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $955.72 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $4,778.60 MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,433.58 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $5,734.32 MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,911.44 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $6,690.04 MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,389.30
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,867.16 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $83.65 MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,345.02 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $167.30 MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $250.95
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $334.60 MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $418.25 MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $42.02 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $501.90 MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $172.67 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $585.55 MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $90.82
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $94.62
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $189.24 MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $283.86
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $378.48
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $473.10
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $567.72
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $662.34
MISCELLANEOUS
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SINGLE FAMILY RATES SINGLE FAMILY RATES
Rates effective July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2028
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study Attachment 2
#REF! Rate Increase
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $87.34 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $309.38 CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $180.08 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $624.16 CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $272.82 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $938.94 CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $365.56 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,253.72 CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $458.30 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,568.50 CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $1,883.28 CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,198.06 CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $114.25 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $466.77 CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $233.90 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $938.94 CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $353.55 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,411.11 CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $473.20 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,883.28 CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $592.85 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,355.45 CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,827.62 CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,299.79 CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $269.60 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $624.16 CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $544.60 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,253.72 CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $819.60 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,883.28 CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,094.60 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,512.84 CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $1,369.60 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,142.40 CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,771.96 CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,401.52 CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $113.74 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $55.10 CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $27.68 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $110.20 CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $165.30
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $220.40
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $275.50
RCS .75" Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $330.60 RCT 1.00" Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $385.70 RCU 1.5" Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00" Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $62.32 RCX 4.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $124.64 RCY 6.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $186.96 CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $249.28
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDN Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $311.60 CDO Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $373.92
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $436.24
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
MISCELLANEOUS BIN ROLL OUT
300 GALLON CONTAINERS 4 CUBIC YARD BINS
95 GALLON CARTS 3 CUBIC YARD BINS
65 GALLON CARTS 2 CUBIC YARD BINS
Rates effective August 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $97.54 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $344.01 CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $200.48 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $693.42 CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $303.42 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,042.83 CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $406.36 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,392.24 CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $509.30 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,741.65 CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,091.06 CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,440.47 CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $127.41 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $518.72 CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $260.22 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,042.84 CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $393.03 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,566.96 CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $525.84 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,091.08 CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $658.65 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,615.20 CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,139.32 CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,663.44 CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $299.85 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $693.42 CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $605.10 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,392.24 CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $910.35 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,091.06 CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,215.60 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,789.88 CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $1,520.85 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,488.70 CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,187.52 CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,886.34 CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $126.25 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $61.16 CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $30.73 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $122.32 CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $183.48
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $244.64
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $305.80
RCS .75" Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $366.96 RCT 1.00" Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $428.12 RCU 1.5" Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00" Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $69.18 RCX 4.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $138.36 RCY 6.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $207.54 CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $276.72
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDO Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $345.90 CDN Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $415.08
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $484.26
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
MISCELLANEOUS BIN ROLL OUT
300 GALLON CONTAINERS 4 CUBIC YARD BINS
95 GALLON CARTS 3 CUBIC YARD BINS
65 GALLON CARTS 2 CUBIC YARD BINS
Rates effective July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $108.86 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $382.45 CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $223.12 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $770.30 CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $337.38 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,158.15 CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $451.64 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,546.00 CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $565.90 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,933.85 CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,321.70 CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,709.55 CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $142.02 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $576.38 CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $289.44 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,158.16 CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $436.86 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,739.94 CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $584.28 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,321.72 CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $731.70 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,903.50 CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,485.28 CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,067.06 CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $333.43 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $770.30 CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $672.26 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,546.00 CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $1,011.09 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,321.70 CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,349.92 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,097.40 CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $1,688.75 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,873.10 CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,648.80 CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $5,424.50 CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $140.14 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $67.89 CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $34.11 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $135.78 CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $203.67
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $271.56
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $339.45
RCS .75" Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $407.34 RCT 1.00" Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $475.23 RCU 1.5" Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00" Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $76.79 RCX 4.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $153.58 RCY 6.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $230.37 CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $307.16
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDO Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $383.95 CDN Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $460.74
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $537.53
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
MISCELLANEOUS BIN ROLL OUT
300 GALLON CONTAINERS 4 CUBIC YARD BINS
95 GALLON CARTS 3 CUBIC YARD BINS
65 GALLON CARTS 2 CUBIC YARD BINS
Rates effective July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $121.43 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $425.11 CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $248.26 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $855.62 CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $375.09 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,286.13 CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $501.92 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,716.64 CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $628.75 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,147.15 CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,577.66 CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,008.17 CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $158.24 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $640.37 CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $321.88 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,286.14 CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $485.52 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,931.91 CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $649.16 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,577.68 CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $812.80 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,223.45 CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,869.22 CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,514.99 CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $370.70 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $855.62 CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $746.80 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,716.64 CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $1,122.90 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,577.66 CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,499.00 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,438.68 CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $1,875.10 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $4,299.70 CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $5,160.72 CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $6,021.74 CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $155.56 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $75.36 CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $37.86 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $150.72 CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $226.08
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $301.44
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $376.80
RCS .75" Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $452.16 RCT 1.00" Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $527.52 RCU 1.5" Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00" Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $85.24 RCX 4.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $170.48 RCY 6.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $255.72 CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $340.96
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDO Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $426.20 CDN Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $511.44
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $596.68
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
MISCELLANEOUS BIN ROLL OUT
300 GALLON CONTAINERS 4 CUBIC YARD BINS
95 GALLON CARTS 3 CUBIC YARD BINS
65 GALLON CARTS 2 CUBIC YARD BINS
Rates effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $135.38 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $472.46 CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $276.16 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $950.32 CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $416.94 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,428.18 CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $557.72 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,906.04 CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $698.50 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,383.90 CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,861.76 CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,339.62 CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $176.24 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $711.39 CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $357.88 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,428.18 CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $539.52 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,144.97 CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $721.16 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,861.76 CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $902.80 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,578.55 CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,295.34 CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $5,012.13 CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $412.07 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $950.32 CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $829.54 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,906.04 CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $1,247.01 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,861.76 CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,664.48 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,817.48 CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $2,081.95 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $4,773.20 CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $5,728.92 CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $6,684.64 CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $172.67 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $83.65 CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $42.02 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $167.30 CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $250.95
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $334.60
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $418.25
RCS .75" Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $501.90 RCT 1.00" Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $585.55 RCU 1.5" Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00" Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $94.62 RCX 4.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $189.24 RCY 6.00" Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $283.86 CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $378.48
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDO Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $473.10 CDN Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $567.72
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $662.34
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
MISCELLANEOUS BIN ROLL OUT
300 GALLON CONTAINERS 4 CUBIC YARD BINS
95 GALLON CARTS 3 CUBIC YARD BINS
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Rates effective July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2028
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
65 GALLON CARTS 2 CUBIC YARD BINS
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study