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Council adopts 2025 solid-waste collection rates, approves $400,000 remittance to Recology to reduce balancing account
Summary
After a public hearing under Proposition 218, the council approved annual solid-waste collection rates effective April 1 and authorized a $400,000 transfer from city reserves to reduce Recology’s balancing-account deficit. The council found no majority protest; 31,720 notices were mailed and 29 valid protests were received.
The San Mateo City Council on March 3 approved the city’s 2025 solid-waste collection rates and authorized a one-time appropriation of $400,000 to Recology to reduce a franchise balancing-account deficit.
Jack Johnson, the city’s waste management supervisor, joined consultants Rick Simonson and Gabe Sasser of HF&H Consultants to present the Prop 218 rate hearing. Staff summarized the cost drivers for 2025: Recology collection-cost adjustments (including impacts from a partial deferral in 2024), rising disposal and processing expenses and city program fees for street sweeping and litter-prevention work. The consultants showed a 2025 revenue requirement of about $33.4 million against projected revenues of $31.8 million, leaving a 2025 shortfall of roughly $1.58…
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