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San Francisco panel advances rate order after multi-hour hearing on refuse rates, contamination and processing
Summary
After a lengthy Prop F hearing, the Controller—s Office, consultants and Recology presented competing analyses on refuse rates, contamination enforcement and organics pre-processing. The commission approved a staff resolution urging contamination monitoring, testing of new processing approaches and careful oversight of incentive funds.
A multi-hour hearing on May 23 brought the San Francisco Commission on the Environment, the controller—s office and Recology into detailed review of the city—s refuse-rate proposal and related programs.
Jay Liao, refuse rate administrator at the Controller—s Office, outlined the Prop F-driven rate-setting process and an extensive interrogatory record that has produced hundreds of questions and responses. He said the office is still finalizing a proposed rate order and emphasized transparency measures including reporting requirements and public interrogatories.
Consultant Dave Hilton of HF&H presented jurisdictional comparisons and reviewed Recology—s profit request. "Recology requested 9.89% profit margin," Hilton said, and the analysis found that margin lies within the wide range observed in municipal contracts though it exceeds public-company…
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