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Authorize the release of a Request for Proposals for the collection, transportation, and management of solid waste, recyclables and organics for the area currently being serviced by Republic Services; and Delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute a short-term contract at existing rates for the term of May 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025
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Published Notice Required? Yes ___ No X _
Public Hearing Required? Yes ___ No X _
RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management and County Counsel recommend the Board authorize the release of a Request for Proposals for the collection, transportation, and management of solid waste, recyclables and organics for the area currently being serviced by Republic Services and delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute a short-term contract at existing rates for the term of May 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On December 10, 2024 the Board of Supervisors approved four amendments to extend service agreements through March 31, 2025 to allow time to negotiate respective new contracts with Mount Diablo Resource Recovery, Recology Vacaville Solano, Recology Vallejo, and Republic Services for the collection, transportation, and management of solid waste, recyclables and organics in the designated unincorporated mandatory service areas. The four amendments maintained current services and rates paid by Solano County residents while new contracts were being negotiated. County staff have continued work to negotiate the appropriate services and rates for Solano County residents by ensuring residents receive the same or similar services as their City counterparts and avoid higher-than-usual costs associated with collection challenges in rural areas that lack the housing density and population growth of adjacent cities.
Any increase in rates for collection is subject to notice to the affected property owners pursuant to Proposition 218. Proposition 218 wa...
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