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Board directs staff to study alternate franchise maps, approves noncompliant pile rate increase to $10 and seeks more data on amnesty program
Summary
The Solid Waste Authority directed staff to study alternative service-area maps to reduce sharp collection-rate disparities, approved raising the noncompliant-yard-waste charge to $10 per cubic yard, rejected a proposed subscription service and asked for more data on a vegetation-amnesty program.
The Solid Waste Authority board moved forward on multiple policy decisions related to the upcoming franchise collection bid and asked staff to further study service-area boundaries to reduce disparities among districts.
Staff said the authority plans to put franchise RFPs on the street after finalizing several decisions and asked the board for direction on multiple items. Commissioners repeatedly expressed concern that current map boundaries produce notable rate disparities — staff showed a range of collection fees (for illustration: as low as about $2.08 and as high as $3.77 per month equivalent in the schedule shown) — and asked that staff develop alternate maps that would spread high-cost western areas across eastern districts.
The board gave staff direction to analyze alternative maps, including options to combine higher-cost western areas with lower-cost eastern districts, and to return…
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