Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Public Comment Social Equity Garbage topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Residents urge council to revive social equity committee and press garbage‑rate review during public comment
Summary
Multiple residents used the public‑comment period April 22 to call on the council to reactivate Millbrae’s Social Equity Committee and to request a review of garbage‑rate methodology; speakers also raised concerns about proclamation guest vetting and historic preservation.
During public comment at the April 22 Millbrae City Council meeting, several residents urged the council to resume work by the Social Equity Committee and pressed for a review of the city’s contract and rate‑setting process for garbage service.
Joe Tureci and Nathan Chan both asked the council to re‑establish the Social Equity Committee and to discuss its future at a public meeting. Tureci said the committee was funded and had a consultant in place previously and that committee members remain eager to continue. Nathan Chan noted a prior council remark signaling intent to return the commission to the council’s work plan and asked for action after months with no movement.
Lou Santrini raised concerns about the city’s garbage‑rate model. Santrini said garbage rates have been tied to a CPI‑based model and other averages for the past 15 years without a formal review and asked the council and staff to meet with him to discuss the methodology. Mayor Fung and council members acknowledged the request and the mayor suggested staff follow up to provide factual answers to Santrini’s questions.
Other public commenters included Grace Shore, who criticized selection of a guest speaker at a prior proclamation event and urged the council to vet invitation recipients, and Anne Snyder, who urged council attention to historic preservation designations and said those designations affect federal environmental review and mitigation requirements.
City staff responded during the meeting by explaining procedural limits on council responses during public comment and by flagging staff follow‑up where appropriate. The council did not take immediate action on the public requests but several council members asked staff to follow up, and the mayor suggested arranging direct meetings with speakers to address their concerns.
