From:
To: City Council
Subject: Agenda item 8
Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:40:05 AM
Sebastopol town council: my comments are regarding Agenda item 8 City of Sebastopol waste contract with SCRR.
I’d like to point out a couple of items. Do you realize you are locking the town into a 40 year contract with the possibility of no competitive bidding for 40 years.? Do you realize that for 40 years in addition to the 5% increases the citizens and businesses will be subject to a yearly 2% cost-of-living raise? Pages 156 and 157 of the contract list all of the recycling and sorting centers that SCRR has a permit within. Please note , the Windsor permits do not allow garbage or recyclables from outside of the limits of Windsor to be brought into Windsor and recycled or sorted. That scenario would be a violation of their permit.On pages 156 and 157 those two permit listings for Windsor should be removed from the contract.
Competitive bidding is a cornerstone of every business and government functionality. Measure Q was placed on the 2024 ballot by SCRR to eliminate competitive bidding. Measure Q was defeated by over 75% of the Windsor voters.
MaryAnn Bainbridge-Krause
Windsor
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