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Lake Forest council approves CR&R rate adjustments after Prop. 218 hearing; staff cites state mandates and new services
Summary
The Lake Forest City Council on April 1 held a Proposition 218 majority-protest hearing and approved staff’s recommendation to permit CR&R Environmental Services to implement adjusted solid-waste rates effective July 1, 2025.
The Lake Forest City Council on April 1 held a Proposition 218 majority-protest hearing on proposed rate adjustments for residential and commercial solid-waste services and voted to permit CR&R Environmental Services to implement the adjusted rates on July 1, 2025. The council voted to adopt the staff recommendation; the motion passed unanimously.
City staff presented the terms of the new solid-waste agreement with CR&R, approved previously on June 4, 2024, and described new equipment and service additions that accompanied the contract. Chris Groves, city staff presenting the hearing, said, “The new trucks ... have collision avoidance systems, leak detection, and fire suppression systems to make them safer,” and explained that rollout of new residential carts compliant with SB 1383 coloring requirements would begin in the coming weeks.
Groves told the council the rollouts and new services include new residential carts and commercial…
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