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ATTY/AGR.2018.054/Recology of San Mateo <br />A. Direct Labor -Related Costs <br />for Collection Vehicle Route <br />Personnel Represented <br />Through Collective <br />Bargaining Agreements <br />(CBA). <br />ATTACHMENT K <br />CONTRACTOR'S COMPENSATION AND RATE SETTING PROCESS <br />Table 1: Contractor's Compensation Adjustment Methodology <br />{Note: The table below replaces the current Table 1 in its entirety} <br />• Adjust projected 2021 Direct Labor -Related Costs to <br />reflect service level changes from April 2016 to April 2020 <br />by 100% of the average service level change in accounts, <br />lifts, or pulls as described in the following bullet. <br />The service level adjustment shall be based on the change <br />in the rolling three-year average number of Solid Waste <br />accounts In the SBWMA Service Area and shall be <br />calculated using the following formula: Adjusted 2021 <br />Direct Labor -Related Costs = Projected 2021 Direct Labor - <br />Related Costs per Attachment N x (1+75%x (((Sum of <br />number of Solid Waste accounts as of April 2018+April <br />2019 +April 2020) - (Sum of number of Solid Waste <br />accounts as of April 2014 + April 2015 + April 2016)) / <br />(Sum of number of Solid Waste accounts as of April 2014+ <br />April 2015+April 2016))]. For Commercial lines of <br />business, lifts shall be used ratherthan accounts; and, for <br />Drop Box lines of business, pulls shall be used rather than <br />accounts. <br />Because Contractor is subject to the average daily limit of <br />one hundred fifty (150) Bulky Item Collection service <br />events, as set forth in Section 5.05.H of the Agreement, no <br />service level adjustments shall be applied to the following <br />Service Sectors and Lines of Business: Single-family Bulky <br />Item Materials (two On -Call Bulky Collection events) and <br />Multi -Family Bulky Item Materials (two On -Call Bulky <br />Collection events). <br />Step One: <br />• Direct Wages for CBAs: Annually adjust Wage costs by <br />100% of the Annual Index Change using the CPI -W -Wages. <br />• Benefits for CBAs: Annually adjust Health Benefit costs by <br />100% of the Annual Index Change using CPI -W -Medical. <br />• Payroll taxes: Annually adjust direct labor -related payroll <br />tax expense based on the effective tax rate of 8.1%. <br />The effective tax rate shall be applied to the adjusted <br />direct wages for CBAs to calculate payroll tax expense. <br />When the Federal and/or State employer payroll tax rates <br />or limits are changed, Contractor shall submit to SBWMA a <br />new effective payroll tax rate for review and approval (not <br />to be unreasonably withheld). If approved, the new <br />payroll tax rates shall be used to calculate payroll tax <br />expense for the Rate Year affected by the change(s). <br />• Workers Compensation Insurance: Annually adjust <br />worker's compensation costs by 100% of the Annual Index <br />Change in the CPI -W -Wages. <br />Step Two: <br />Annually adjust wages, benefits, payroll taxes, and <br />workers compensation insurance costs to reflect service <br />level changes by adjusting wage and benefit costs by 100% <br />of the average service level change in accounts, lifts, and <br />pulls as described in Table 2. <br />Collection Services Franchise Agreement with Recology San Mateo County Attachment K <br />Model Agreement for Adaptation by Member Agencies Contractor's Compensation and Rate Setting Process <br />REV: 03-16-18 MI <br />Page 9 of 24 <br />