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El Segundo council cuts solid-waste subsidy; residents to pay $21.34 monthly starting May 1
Summary
The El Segundo City Council approved reducing the city's subsidy for residential solid-waste collection to 20 percent, then shrinking the subsidy by 5 percentage points each year until it reaches zero; the change raises the resident monthly charge to $21.34 effective May 1.
The El Segundo City Council on April 15 approved a plan to reduce the city's subsidy for residential solid-waste collection to 20 percent, then decrease that subsidy by 5 percentage points each year until it reaches zero. Chief Financial Officer Paul Chung presented the proposal and the council voted to adopt it.
City officials said the change will raise the resident monthly solid-waste charge to $21.34 starting May 1, with the city covering $5.33 of the current $25.87 per-unit fee. Chung told the council the current resident portion is $18.26 and the city's share is $7.61, a 29.4 percent subsidy.
Chung framed the change as a cost-management measure: he presented an estimate that reducing the subsidy as approved could save the city approximately $2.9 million over 10 years. He contrasted that with a projection that continuing the current subsidy would cost the city about $3.6 million over the same period. The council did not specify a mover or seconder in the meeting transcript.
