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Board accepts Republic Services' 2.9% rate proposal for further action
Summary
Republic Services presented 2025 results showing $807,000 revenue and $701,000 operating costs and requested a 2.9% rate increase; the Board agreed to have staff bring an amendment to a Business Meeting effective July 1, 2026.
Representatives from Republic Services — including John Heylin, Dan Strandy and Erica Haitsma — presented the company’s 2025 financial results and 2026 projections to the Klamath County Board of Commissioners.
The presenters said Republic Services recorded $807,000 in revenue for 2025, a $105,000 year-over-year increase driven by prior rate adjustments and volume growth. They reported total operating costs of $701,000 and cited rising disposal fees, direct labor, equipment and insurance as primary cost pressures.
Republic Services requested a 2.9% rate increase. The Board deemed the proposed adjustment minimal, noting staff estimates that the change would cost most residential customers less than $1 per month. The Board directed county staff to bring the rate increase back as an amendment at a Business Meeting for formal action, with the amendment to take effect July 1, 2026. County staff also noted a second amendment for franchise renewal is expected in September or October.
Stephanie Brown (county staff) and Tom Crist (CDD) participated in the financial review and will be involved in preparing the amendment for the Business Meeting. No formal vote on the rate increase was recorded at the work session; the decision recorded was to proceed to a Business Meeting for a formal amendment and vote.
