Item Number: 4
City Council / Board of Directors
Consent Calendar
Meeting of: June 16, 2026
Submitted By:
Doug Mathews, Director of Public Works and Water
Subject:
CalRecycle Waste Tire Amnesty Grant (Cycle FY 2025-26) Acceptance and City of Victorville FY 2025-26 Budget Amendment
Recommendation:
That the Honorable City Council adopt Resolution No. 26-050 to authorize acceptance of the CalRecycle Waste Tire Amnesty Grant (Cycle FY 2025-26) and amend the City of Victorville Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to reflect $22,701 in additional revenue and expenditures related to the Waste Tire Amnesty Grant.
Fiscal Impact:
Acceptance of the CalRecycle Waste Tire Amnesty Grant (Cycle FY 2025-26) will increase the City’s FY 2025-26 revenue budget by $22,701 and increase expense appropriations by an equal amount in the following account numbers:
Account Code Amounts
2704010-43110-21229 (Revenue) $22,701
2704010-52300-21229 (Expense – Contract Services) $19,740 2704010-52170-21229 (Expense – Advertising) $2,961
There is no requirement for the City to provide matching funds. The City will expend the approved funding amount and then submit a request to CalRecycle for reimbursement.
Funds are tracked through City budget Org 2704010 (Waste Tire Amnesty Grant) and Project 21229 (Cycle 25-26).
Strategic Plan Goal:
This item aligns with Goal A of the Strategic Plan, Financial Sustainability. The State grant funds will reimburse the City for the costs of providing a tire drop-off program for residents, allowing the City to provide this service at no net cost to the City's Solid Waste (Fund 426) or Landfill Mitigation (Fund 427) budgets.
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Background:
California Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 42885(b) requires those who purchase a new tire to pay a “California tire fee” of $1.75 per tire. Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 42889 designates $0.75 of the fee to be used for programs to mitigate or remediate air pollution caused by waste tires. The balance of the fee goes to the California Tire Recycling Management Fund to fund the State’s waste tire program which is described in PRC Sections 42870-42875. Fees collected are to be used for programs to reduce tires sent to landfill; recycle and reclaim used tires to recover valuable natural resources; and to eliminate illegal dumping and unnecessary stockpiling of used tires.
CalRecycle offers several grants to achieve the objectives of the State’s waste tire program, including but not limited to a Tire Amnesty Grant and a Tire Cleanup Grant.
Each grant has a 2-year grant term, with the Waste Tire Cleanup Grant Program offered in even-numbered years and the Waste Tire Amnesty Grant offered in odd-numbered years. In fiscal year 2025-26, the State allocated a total of $1.5 million for the Local Government Waste Tire Amnesty Grant Program. The City previously applied for and received a Local Government Waste Tire Amnesty Grant for Cycle 2023-24 in the amount of $29,800.
On October 3, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-081 which authorized the submittal of applications for the CalRecycle Waste Tire Amnesty Grant and authorized the City Manager or his designee as the signature authority to execute all grant documents necessary to secure grant funds and implement the approved grant project.
This authorization was utilized to submit the grant application to CalRecycle for the Cycle FY 2025-26 Waste Tire Amnesty Grant on April 8, 2025. CalRecycle notified the City on April 7, 2026, that the grant had been approved. Grant funds for the Cycle FY 25-26 Waste Tire Amnesty Grant funding cycle must be fully expended by October 28, 2027.
Discussion:
In accordance with the City’s grant policy, staff is seeking City Council authorization for acceptance of the grant award and amendment of the City’s FY 2025-26 budget to ratify the associated expenditure plan for the Cycle FY 2025-26 Waste Tire Amnesty Grant in the amount of $22,701.
The City will use the grant funds to continue to provide a free tire drop off program for City residents at the City of Victorville Recycling Drop-off Center, located at 15164 Anacapa Rd. In calendar year 2025, the City collected approximately 3,814 tires from the public through this drop-off program. Funds will also be used to advertise and promote proper tire disposal options.
The grant funds will be used to supplement other resources available under the Solid Waste and Landfill Mitigation budgets. The grant expenditure plan calls for $19,740 for contract services to pay for tire hauling and disposal and $2,961 for advertising.
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Prepared By:
Sarah St. Louis, Management Specialist
Attachments: A. Resolution No. 26-050
B. CalRecycle Procedures and Requirements, Local Government Waste Tire Amnesty Grant Program
C. Notice of Award