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7.A. - Page 2 of 16 <br />rather than infrequent, sharp rate increases. If the City Council approves the proposed solid waste rates, <br />the City's rates will continue to be less than the average cost charged by nearby communities. <br />ANALYSIS <br />The following proposed increases are necessary to proportionately allocate increased collection costs to <br />the rates paid by each customer class. Collection costs include but are not limited to disposal and <br />processing fees, labor costs, fuel and power costs, and other associated operating and maintenance costs. <br />The increase per class is as follows: <br />• $1.00 monthly increase for regular, scheduled, basic collection of residential solid waste and <br />recyclable materials for 20 -gallon bins, <br />• $1.00 monthly increase for regular, scheduled, basic collection of residential solid waste and <br />recyclable materials for 32 -gallon bins, <br />• 2.57% increase for unscheduled solid waste services. <br />Regular, scheduled solid waste services refer to the basic collection of residential and commercial solid <br />waste and recyclable materials, such as weekly collection. Unscheduled services include miscellaneous <br />services that are above and beyond routine garbage collection, such as backyard collection, key service, <br />or additional carts. <br />The proposed rate increases will be just the fourth increase to regular solid waste rates since 2013. Figure <br />1 below compares Redwood City's current and proposed rates against those of other Bay Area agencies. <br />Even with the proposed increases, Redwood City's rates will remain less than the average for the region. <br />For a residential customer with a 32 -gallon cart service, the most popular service level, the increase is one <br />dollar per month. Staff first presented this recommendation to the City Council's Utilities Sub -committee <br />at their November 20, 2020 meeting and the Sub -Committee recommended the rate increases proposed. <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore <br />517 <br />