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Dana Point approves one-year extension to county waste-disposal agreement while cities negotiate larger rewrite
Summary
The council approved a one-year extension of the countywide waste-disposal agreement that keeps a CPI-based increase formula in place while a committee of city managers and finance staff negotiates a longer-term contract; staff warned an initial county proposal had included a proposed rate jump from $42 to $82 per ton.
Dana Point City Council on April 15 approved a one-year extension to the countywide waste-disposal agreement to buy time for cities and the county to negotiate a longer-term amendment to the countywaste development agreement.
City staff described the November county presentation of a proposed new agreement (called the WEISS agreement) that would have raised disposal rates substantially in some scenarios. Staff said the county initially proposed increases that would have taken the cost from about $42 per ton to as much as $82 per ton. Council and city managers pushed back and sought additional time to review the countymodeling; the extension approved by council uses a one-year continuation with annual CPI adjustments while a county-city committee works on a replacement agreement.
City staff said the extension buys roughly a year for a committee of city managers, county finance staff and county waste officials to reach agreement on a new model; the citymanager and a subcommittee of finance staff are scrutinizing county financial modeling and importation agreements. Staff noted that imported waste has provided a revenue stream historically and that import agreements are also under discussion.
Action: the council moved, seconded and approved the staff-recommended one-year extension using a CPI-based increase formula; staff and a city-manager-led subcommittee will continue negotiations with the county and report back.
Background and next steps: staff said the county asked for quick city approvals for all 34 cities earlier in the year; after pushback the county agreed to a one-year extension. Council members urged staff to scrutinize the countyfinancial modeling and indicated a willingness to consider alternate disposal options if necessary to protect resident costs.
