ACTION:
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Clerk/Secretary
Department: Finance Item No: PH1
Prepared by: Melissa Adams, Senior Accountant Meeting Date: June 9, 2026 Approved by:
Mike Sylvia, Director
John Conley, City Manager Agenda Location: Public Hearing S
UBJECT: LEVY OF DELINQUENT MANDATORY TRASH CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025/26 RE
COMMENDATION:
1. Open, c onduct and close a public hearing to receive public testimony regarding delinquent mandatory trash charges.
2. Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2026- , approving liens on assessor’s parcels within the City of Vista to be collected with the general property taxes on the fiscal year 2026/27 property tax roll for delinquent refuse collection service fees and collection charges.
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RRELATION TO CITY COUNCIL GOALS: Fiscal Responsibility.
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RIOR ACTION: On April 14, 2026, Adopted City Council Resolution No. 2026- 61, declaring its intent to set a Public Hearing for collection solid waste charges. Set June 9, 2026 as the date of the public hearing to levy assessments on the 2026/27 property tax roll for collection of delinquent 2025/26 mandatory trash charges (5-0).
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n June 10, 2025, Opened, conducted, and closed a Public Hearing and received public testimony regarding delinquent property related administrative charges. Adopted City Council Resolution No. 2025- 108, approving liens on assessor’s parcels within the City of Vista to be collected with the general property taxes on the Fiscal Year 2025/26 property tax roll for delinquent property related administrative citations (5-0).
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TATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT: Chapter 13.16 of the Vista Municipal Code provides that the collection of refuse trash is mandatory for all residential, commercial, and industrial properties. Property owners are liable for the payment of trash collection fees.
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Fiscal Year 2025 /26, EDCO Waste and Recycling Services, Inc. (EDCO), the City’s franchised trash hauler, has identified 778 delinquent accounts that are more than two months in arrears. A notice was mailed, on February 24, 2026, to all property owners to which trash service was rendered advising them that unpaid accounts would be assigned to the City for collection action and a 10 percent fee would be imposed.
Of the 778 accounts provided to the City, many will be paid as a result of the letter sent on February 24 , 2026 thus reducing the number of accounts that actually will need to be placed on the upcoming tax roll.
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n April 14, 2026 , the City Council set June 9 , 2026 , as the date for a public hearing to consider the placement of delinquent accounts on the property tax roll. On May 7, property owners with delinquent AGENDA
REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT
JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY
Opened, conducted and closed the public hearing, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2026-105.
Vote: 5-0