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Del Norte Solid Waste Authority approves budgets, rate correction and several contracts
Summary
At its meeting, the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority approved the abandoned-vehicle abatement budget, the authority operating budget for FY 2025–26, a do‑over rate resolution (Res. 2025-04), a professional services agreement for labor negotiations, and routine consent items; all recorded votes were unanimous.
The Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority on Tuesday approved a series of routine and fiscal items including the abandoned-vehicle abatement budget, the authority operating budget for fiscal year 2025–26, a corrected rate resolution and a professional services agreement to assist with labor negotiations.
The approvals were unanimous. Commissioners Tompkins, Short and Greenough and Chair Wilson each voted “yes” on the roll calls recorded in the meeting.
Why it matters: these votes set the authority’s operating plan and fees for the coming year, authorize a limited‑value professional services agreement for labor relations, and finalize adjustments to the tipping and service rates after a prior clerical inconsistency in the rate sheet supplied to Recology.
Actions taken include: adopting the authority budget for FY 2025–26; receiving and filing the third‑quarter abandoned vehicle abatement report and approving the ABA budget for 2025–26; approving Resolution 2025‑04 (rate correction); approving a professional services agreement with Will Folger (not to exceed $7,500); approving the consent agenda (minutes and a budget transfer); and scheduling a special meeting on July 22, 2025 (canceling the regular July 15 meeting). Several motions were made and seconded on the floor; the mover and seconder were not named on the recording for some motions. All recorded roll‑call votes show four “yes” votes and no nay/abstain votes.
Details on selected votes: • Abandoned‑vehicle abatement (ABA) budget for 2025–26 — Approved (vote: Tompkins yes; Short yes; Greenough yes; Chair Wilson yes). The board had previously received a status report on vehicle abatements and noted rising counts and RVs as a trend.
• Authority operating budget, fiscal year 2025–26 — Approved (vote: unanimous). Staff said line items were unchanged from the public preview; a subtotal error in the staff report was corrected before adoption.
• Resolution 2025‑04 (rate correction) — Approved (vote: unanimous). Staff apologized for supplying Recology with an inconsistent rate sheet at the prior meeting and presented the corrected resolution to align with the previously adopted change order.
• Professional services agreement with Will Folger (labor relations, amount to exceed $7,500) — Approved (vote: unanimous).
• Consent agenda (minutes and a year‑end budget transfer to reconcile gate tipping fees and Hambro payments) — Approved (vote: unanimous).
What the board did not finalize at this meeting: staff reported ongoing security incidents at the Del Norte County Transfer Station and said some security topics may require closed‑session consideration at a future meeting.
Ending: The authority scheduled a special meeting at 4 p.m. July 22, 2025, and adjourned its regular business.
