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Agoura Hills approves 3% solid‑waste rate adjustment for 2025; council ties continued outreach conditions to approval
Summary
The council voted 3–1 to approve Waste Management's 2025 solid waste rate adjustment (SWRA) request of 3% beyond CPI for certain service categories and continued the 2024 outreach conditions (senior discount and organics promotion).
The Agoura Hills City Council on March 4 approved a 3% solid‑waste rate adjustment (SWRA) for 2025 on top of the contract CPI escalation for service categories not protected by the city’s "most favored city" clause, and directed Waste Management to continue outreach requirements carried over from the 2024 approval.
Deputy City Manager Louis Saleh summarized the contractual framework that allows the company to request increases beyond the CPI cap for operational costs; Saleh noted the franchise agreement includes a 3% CPI cap but permits separate SWRA requests. The city’s solid‑waste rate consultant and Waste Management presented operational reasons for the request, citing landfill tipping‑fee increases at the Simi Valley Landfill and a separate increase in organics processing costs.
Waste Management’s representative said uncontrollable disposal costs are the…
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