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Dundee council approves modified waste-management community-event terms and 7% rate update
Summary
The Dundee City Council approved a resolution updating its contract terms with Waste Management, keeping a proposed 7% rate increase and directing that a city community clean‑up event be provided without a dump surcharge; the motion passed with one recorded opposition.
Dundee, Ore. — The Dundee City Council on May 20 approved Resolution 2025-04, a modification to the city—s waste-management agreement that keeps a proposed 7% rate adjustment and clarifies fee terms for city-run community clean-up events.
The measure, presented by city staff, kept a 7% increase the council discussed at an earlier meeting and added a line specifying that the city—s community clean-up event would be provided as "dump fee only charge to the city," meaning Waste Management will not add an additional surcharge for that service.
City staff introduced the item and invited Waste Management—s local director to comment. "We can basically have actually a date and time, and we'll provide the boxes for it," said Jason Lizzie, director of Newberg Operations for Waste Management. City staff and multiple councilors discussed whether to adopt a 7% increase now or revisit the figure at a later meeting; one councilor said 7% "seemed fair" compared with comparable jurisdictions.
Councilors also asked for clarifications in the resolution text so the language did not both promise a no-surcharge community event and simultaneously state the city would still pay a fee. After debate and a switch to explicit "dump fee only" language in section 3.3 of the draft resolution, a councilor moved to approve Resolution 2025-04 as modified; a second followed and the motion passed with one opposition.
The change leaves the city paying the standard collection rates (including the approved increase) while removing the added community-event surcharge previously proposed in the draft resolution. Council members asked staff to coordinate scheduling with Waste Management once a date for the city event is set.
The council did not direct immediate additional rate changes beyond the adopted 7% and left open the option to revisit increases at a future meeting if needed.
The council vote outcome was recorded by the mayor during the meeting; details of the roll-call votes were not provided in the public transcript.
