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Board confirms special assessment process for unpaid solid-waste fees, extends appeal deadline to July 25
Summary
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors on July 8 authorized the county to collect unpaid solid-waste hauling fees via special assessments on property tax bills after completion of a two-step appeal process, and extended the appeals deadline to 5 p.m. July 25.
Monterey County supervisors voted July 8 to confirm the delinquent solid-waste account report and to permit unpaid solid-waste hauling fees to be collected as special assessments on affected property tax bills, after a two-step appeal and verification process. The board also accepted staff's decision to extend the deadline to file appeals to 5 p.m. Friday, July 25.
Background and process: County staff said that the mandatory solid-waste service ordinance for unincorporated areas (adopted in 2010) means parcels must have service and that unpaid accounts historically caused other customers' rates to increase. Under the new unified franchise agreement with Waste Management, state law permits unpaid trash charges to…
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