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Livermore council confirms assessments for 18 overdue sanitation accounts totaling about $12,000
Summary
The council voted to overrule protests and confirm fiscal‑year 2024 assessments for unpaid Livermore Sanitation accounts; staff said 29,000 accounts are served by LSI and only 18 accounts remained more than 12 months past due, representing roughly $12,000. Council asked staff to include hardship resources with future notices.
Anna Zamboanga, the city's recycling specialist, told the Livermore City Council on July 14 that Livermore Sanitation, Inc. (LSI) serves about 29,000 residential and commercial accounts and that, since publication of the staff report, many delinquent accounts have either paid or entered payment plans. At the time of the hearing staff said 18 residential accounts remained more than 12 months past due and that those accounts represent approximately $12,000 in unpaid charges from fiscal year 2024. Zamboanga said LSI cannot stop service for nonpayment under the franchise agreement and that the company has worked with customers on payment plans and negotiated terms when contacted.
"Customers had up until the beginning of this meeting to pay their bill and not have the property assessed," Zamboanga said in the staff presentation, summarizing the outreach and notice steps that preceded the assessment list.
Vice Mayor Branning thanked staff for including referrals and services for residents in hardship and urged that future notices contain explicit information about available assistance. He said some residents face immediate tradeoffs between basic needs and utility payments and asked staff to connect listed households with support resources. City Manager Mariana Birch said staff can include resource information in future letters.
Councilmember Dunbar moved to adopt the resolution overruling protests and confirming the assessments; the motion carried and the council approved the assessments as recommended by staff.
What happens next: staff will finalize the assessment report and forward it to the county tax assessor as directed in the staff recommendation.
