(A) The solid waste user fee shall be adjusted to a monthly rate of $7.20 beginning July 1, 1998.
(B) The monthly single family residential household fee shall be $9.75 per month, effective October 1, 2004.
(C) The monthly two-to-four unit household fee shall be $19.50 per month, effective October 1, 2004.
(D) The monthly single family residential household fee shall be increased to $11.24, effective January 1, 2008.
(E) The monthly two-to-four unit household fee shall be increased to $22.48 per month, effective January 1, 2008.
(F) The monthly single family residential household fee shall be lowered to $11 per month, effective January 1, 2011.
(G) The monthly two-to-four unit household fee shall be lowered to $22 per month, effective January 1, 2011.
(H) Residents that choose to rent additional 96-gallon or 48-gallon carts will be assessed a $2.00 per month fee per cart on their city utility bill.
(I) The monthly single-family residential household fee shall be $9.95 per month, effective September 1, 2011.
(J) The monthly multi-family two-to-four residential unit household fee shall be $19.90 per month, effective September 1, 2011.
(K) The monthly single family residential household fee shall be increased to $12 per month, effective January 1, 2018.
(L) The monthly multi-family two-to-four residential unit household fee shall be $24 per month, effective January 1, 2018.
(M) The monthly single-family residential household fee shall be increased to a rate of $15.80 per month, effective July 1, 2023. The monthly multi-family two-to-four residential unit household fee shall be increased to a rate of $31.60 per month (twice the single rate), effective July 1, 2023. For all future rate increases, the multi-family rate will be twice the single-family residential household rate per month. Effective January 1, 2024, the rate will be adjusted by the annual change (May to May) in the Consumer Rate Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) expenditure category Series ID: CUUR0000SEHG - water, sewer and trash collection services, as published by the Department of Labor Bureau of Statistics, with a minimum adjustment of 3% to be applied to the prior year budget/rate. An additional 1% will then be added to ensure a balance in the Solid Waste Fund. Another multiplier will be added if the CPI-U is higher than 3.5% from the prior six months. (See Table A for full calculation scenarios). Effective July 1, 2024, the rate will be adjusted by the annual change (May to May) in the CPI-U expenditure category Series ID: CUUR0000SEHG - water, sewer and trash collection services, as published by the Department of Labor Bureau of Statistics, with a minimum adjustment of 3% to be applied to the prior year budget/rate. An additional 1% will then be added to ensure a balance in the Solid Waste Fund. Effective January 1, 2025, the rate will reset to $18.00 plus the CPI-U rate adjustments in 2023 and 2024, plus an additional 1% will be added to ensure a balance in the Solid Waste Fund. Once that is established, the rate will be adjusted annually on July 1, by the annual change (May to May) in the CPI-U expenditure category Series ID: CUUR0000SEHG - water, sewer and trash collection services, as published by the Department of Labor Bureau of Statistics, with a minimum adjustment of 3% to be applied to the prior year budget/rate. An additional 1% will then be added to ensure a balance in the Solid Waste Fund.
Table A | |||||||||
Full Rate | July to Dec. 23 Est. CPI-U | July to Dec. 23 Actual CPI-U | Variance (6 months) | May to May CPI-U | Buffer | Jan 2024 New Rate | May to May CPI-U | Buffer | July 2024 New Rate |
$15.80 $15.80 | 3.50% | 3.50% | 0% | 3.50% $0.55 | 1.00% $0.16 | $16.51 | 3.50% $0.58 | 1.00% $0.17 | $17.25 |
$15.80 $15.80 | 3.50% | 6.00% | 2.5% $0.20 | 6.00% $0.95 | 1.00% $0.16 | $17.10 | 6.00% $1.03 | 1.00% $0. 17 | $18.30 |
$15.80 $15.80 | 3.50% | 8.00% | 4.5% $0.36 | 8.00% $1.26 | 1.00% $0.16 | $17.58 | 8.00% $1.41 | 1.00% $0.18 | $19.16 |
* The full rate is being tiered in over an 30-month period, this sample table reflects the one-time adjustments to the January 1, 2024 and the July 1, 2024 rate that should avoid a deficit due to the unknown CPI-U during the six months prior to January 1, 2024. | |||||||||
(N) Effective January 1, 2023, residents that choose to rent an additional 96-gallon or 48-gallon garbage cart will be assessed a $4 per month fee per cart on their city utility bill. Existing additional garbage carts rates will be adjusted to reflect the new fee.
(Ord. S-89-99, passed 8-10-99; Am. Ord. S-84-00, passed 10-24-00; Am. Ord. G-16-04, passed 8-24-04; Am. Ord. G-38-07, passed 12-18-07; Am. Ord. G-22-10, passed 12-14-10; Am. Ord. G-34-11, passed 8-23-11; Am. Ord. G-11-17, passed 5-23-17; Am. Ord. G-17-22, passed 10-11-22)