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San Mateo council adopts 2025 solid-waste rate increases after Prop 218 hearing; 29 written protests received
Summary
After a Prop 218 protest hearing, the City Council approved new 2025 solid-waste collection rates and a $400,000 appropriation to reduce a franchise balancing-account deficit. City staff said 31,720 notices were mailed and 29 valid written protests were received.
San Mateo City Council voted 4-0 on March 3 to approve new solid-waste collection rates for 2025 and to appropriate $400,000 from the city's solid-waste reserves to reduce a deficit in the franchise balancing account.
The action came after a Proposition 218 protest hearing. Jack Johnson, the city's waste management supervisor, opened the staff presentation and said the increases are part of an annual cost-of-service adjustment required by the California Constitution under Proposition 218 and related state recycling and organics mandates. Johnson and consultants from HF&H explained the city faces a projected revenue shortfall of about $1.58 million for 2025 and a cumulative shortfall of roughly $1.8 million when accounting…
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