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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 24 - Solid Waste Service RatesMEMOTO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER MEETING DATE: AUGUST 20, 2019 SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING RATE ADJUSTMENT REQUEST RECOMMENDATION: City Council consider adopting an ordinance amending the Grapevine Code o f Ordinances Chapter 25, Utilities and Services, Article III. Solid Waste Disposal, Section 25-97, Service Rates — Schedules to reflect adjustments to the commercial and residential solid waste and recycling collection rates. FUNDING SOURCE: Funds are generated by user fees for this service. BACKGROUND: City Council granted Republic Services (dba Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC.) and its predecessor companies a franchise agreement (Ordinance No. 95-35) to provide solid waste and recycling services for both residential and commercial customers in Grapevine on May2, 1995. Section 12 - Item 1 of the Franchise Agreement provides for the establishment of residential and commercial rates on an annual basis prior to October 1. Republic has requested a rate adjustment effective October 1, 2019. Under Section 11 - Rates and Charges, Republic can request "Any other cost increases including state, federal and local fees, taxes or other additional disposal regulatory charges imposed on disposal since the last rate modification, and any expenditures required of Company solely because of federal, state or local law, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, permit or permit condition becoming effective since the last rate modification may be considered by City on a case -by -case basis." The rate adjustment calculation is a component of the agreement for both commercial and residential collection. The base rate is divided into operational, disposal and recycle commodity components. The operational component represents 70% and the disposal or recycle commodity component represents 30% of the base rate. The operational component is adjusted based on 70% of the Consumer Price Index for the most recent 12-month period (March 2018 - March 2019). The disposal component is adjusted by the average increase in disposal cost of five local landfill facilities. The recycle commodity component is adjusted by the average decrease in commodity revenue for the 12-month period June 2018 to May 2019. Republic has requested a rate adjustment effective October 1, 2019. The total combined rate increase request is for a 6.22% increase resulting in a $0.89 monthly increase for residential service from $14.30 to $15.19. Staff recommends approval. BB/ds ORDINANCE NO. 2019-051 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING THE GRAPEVINE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 25 UTILITIES AND SERVICES, ARTICLE III SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL, SECTION 25-97 SERVICE RATES --SCHEDULES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, on June 1, 1995, by passage of Ordinance No. 95-35 the City of Grapevine, Texas granted Laidlaw Waste Systems, Inc. a franchise agreement to provide for solid waste services for both residential and commercial customers for a ten (10) year period -land WHEREAS, Laidlaw Waste Systems, Inc. was renamed Trinity Waste Services, Inc.; and WHEREAS, Trinity Waste Services, Inc. was renamed, Allied Waste Services Inc.; and WHEREAS, Allied Waste Services Inc. was renamed, Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC.; and WHEREAS, Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC. is a subsidiary of Republic Services; and WHEREAS, on September 18, 2001, by passage of Ordinance No. 2001-67 the City of Grapevine, Texas granted Laidlaw Waste Systems, Inc. an extension of the franchise agreement to provide for solid waste services for both residential and commercial customers for one (1) additional five (5) year period, commencing on June 1, 2005; and WHEREAS, on July 20, 2010, by passage of Ordinance No. 2010-30 the City of Grapevine, Texas granted Republic Services an extension of the franchise agreement to provide for solid waste services for both residential and commercial customers for one (1) additional five (5) year period, commencing on August 1, 2010; and WHEREAS, on September 18, 2012, by passage of Ordinance No. 2012-44 the City of Grapevine, Texas extended the term of the franchise five (5) years commencing on November 1, 2012; and granted Republic Services an automatic renewal of the franchise agreement for one (1) additional five (5) year period, commencing on November 1, 2017; and WHEREAS, Section 12, Item 1 of the franchise agreement provides for the establishment of residential and commercial rates on an annual basis prior to October 1 of each year; and WHEREAS, Section 11, of the franchise agreement provides for the request of other cost increases; and WHEREAS, Republic Services has requested a rate adjustment to be effective on October 1, 2019; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to increase the rates for collecting and removing garbage, recycling, refuse and trash and other solid waste by amending Chapter 25 Utilities and Services, Article III, Solid Waste Disposal, Section 25-97 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grapevine, Texas; and WHEREAS, all constitutional and statutory prerequisites for the approval of this ordinance have been met, including but not limited to the Open Meetings Act; and WHEREAS, the City Council deems the adoption of this ordinance to be in the best interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: Section 1. That the above premises are found to be true and correct and are incorporated into the body of this ordinance as if copied in their entirety. Section 2. That Chapter 25 Utilities and Services, Article III, Solid Waste Disposal, is hereby amended by amending Section 25-97 in its entirety to read as follows: "Sec. 25-97. Service rates --Schedules. (a) Any houses, buildings or premises used for residential purposes, shall have their garbage and trash removed at a monthly charge where such collection and removal is not required in excess of twice each week, have their recyclable materials removed once per week, have their brush and yard waste removed once per week, and have their bulky wastes removed once every other week with such rates established annually by ordinance. Monthly Charge Single-family residential.................................................................. $15.19 Single-family residence without city water service ........................... 15.19 Duplex............................................................................................. 30.38 Ordinance No. 2019-051 2 Multifamily, per unit (without dumpster)...........................................15.19" (b) Collecting and removing of garbage, refuse and trash from houses, buildings and premises used for commercial and business purposes (apartment complexes with three or more units and mobile home parks are defined as commercial units) shall be determined by the number of times each week that collection and removal of garbage, refuse and trash is required, plus the amount of garbage, refuse and trash collected and removed. The rates are established annually by ordinance. (1) Trash Container rates: a. Two -yard loose containers: 1 Dump per week.................................................................. $ 75.74 2 Dumps per week................................................................. 127.67 3 Dumps per week................................................................. 170.99 4 Dumps per week................................................................. 240.45 5 Dumps per week................................................................. 312.17 6 Dumps per week................................................................. 361.07 Extrapickup..............................................................................25.89 b. Two -yard compactor containers: 1 Dump per week.................................................................. $ 90.89 2 Dumps per week................................................................. 153.20 3 Dumps per week................................................................. 205.19 4 Dumps per week................................................................. 288.53 5 Dumps per week................................................................. 374.61 6 Dumps per week................................................................. 433.30 Extrapickup..............................................................................30.90 c. Three -yard loose containers: 1 Dump per week.................................................................. $ 86.12 2 Dumps per week................................................................. 142.18 3 Dumps per week................................................................. 203.99 4 Dumps per week................................................................. 271.35 5 Dumps per week................................................................. 340.71 6 Dumps per week................................................................. 386.60 Extrapickup..............................................................................29.61 d. Three -yard compactor containers: 1 Dump per week. 2 Dumps per week 3 Dumps per week ............................................................... $ 103.34 ................................................................. 170.60 ................................................................. 244.79 Ordinance No. 2019-051 3 4 Dumps per week................................................................. 325.62 5 Dumps per week................................................................. 408.85 6 Dumps per week................................................................. 463.92 Extrapickup..............................................................................35.14 e. Four -yard loose containers: 1 Dump per week................................................................ $ 109.28 2 Dumps per week................................................................. 175.62 3 Dumps per week................................................................. 245.92 4 Dumps per week................................................................. 313.11 5 Dumps per week................................................................. 382.11 6 Dumps per week................................................................. 418.11 Extrapickup..............................................................................33.32 f. Four -yard compactor containers: 1 Dump per week................................................................ $ 131.13 2 Dumps per week................................................................. 210.74 3 Dumps per week................................................................. 295.10 4 Dumps per week................................................................. 375.73 5 Dumps per week................................................................. 458.53 6 Dumps per week................................................................. 501.73 Extrapickup..............................................................................44.58 g. Six-yard loose containers: 1 Dump per week................................................................ $ 130.02 2 Dumps per week................................................................. 219.27 3 Dumps per week................................................................. 308.00 4 Dumps per week................................................................. 396.09 5 Dumps per week................................................................. 496.68 6 Dumps per week................................................................. 575.06 7 Dumps per week................................................................. 670.88 Extrapickup..............................................................................37.01 h. Six-yard compactor containers: 1 Dump per week................................................................ $ 156.02 2 Dumps per week................................................................. 263.11 3 Dumps per week................................................................. 369.60 4 Dumps per week................................................................. 475.31 5 Dumps per week................................................................. 596.03 6 Dumps per week................................................................. 690.07 7 Dumps per week................................................................. 805.05 Extrapickup..............................................................................53.04 Ordinance No. 2019-051 4 i. Eight -yard loose containers: 1 Dump per week................................................................ $ 162.01 2 Dumps per week................................................................. 273.62 3 Dumps per week................................................................. 391.59 4 Dumps per week................................................................. 500.57 5 Dumps per week................................................................. 611.14 6 Dumps per week................................................................. 696.39 7 Dumps per week................................................................. 812.47 Extrapickup..............................................................................40.70 j. Roll -Cart Containers (Main Street): 2 Dumps per week............................................................... $ 30.44 Extra Roll-Carts.........................................................................6.30 (2) Recycle Container rates: a. Cardboard only front -load eight -yard containers: 1 Dump per week (not to exceed) ......................................... $ 46.73 b. Roll -Cart (95 gallon) Recycle containers: 1 Dump per week (not to exceed) ......................................... $ 19.56 Extra Roll-Carts...................................................................... $ 6.30 c. Six-yard front -load recycle containers: 1 Dump per week................................................................. $ 84.85 2 Dumps per week................................................................ 146.16 3 Dumps per week................................................................ 205.30 4 Dumps per week................................................................264.02 Extrapickup.............................................................................28.85 d. Eight -yard front -load recycle containers: 1 Dump per week................................................................. $ 97.93 2 Dumps per week................................................................ 168.66 3 Dumps per week................................................................ 241.38 4 Dumps per week................................................................ 308.54 Extrapickup............................................................................. 33.29 e. Twenty -yard open top loose recycle containers: Total per load..................................................................... $ 281.61 Ordinance No. 2019-051 5 f. Twenty -yard compacted recycle containers: Total per load..................................................................... $ 311.64 g. Thirty -yard open top loose recycle containers: Total per load..................................................................... $ 289.12 h. Thirty -yard compacted recycle containers: Total per load..................................................................... $ 341.68 (3) Organic Food Waste rates: a. Three -yard containers: 1 Dump per week................................................................ $ 121.08 (4) Caster rates: permonth............................................................................... $ 7.89 (5) Lock rates: perlift...................................................................................... $ 1.39 (6) Enclosure Gate rates: perlift...................................................................................... $ 1.39 (7) Commercial hand -load, two (2) dumps per week: Thirty-one dollars and seventy-three cents ($31.73) per month for a maximum for four (4) thirty -gallon containers. If more than four (4) thirty -gallon containers are necessary for service, then customer will use commercial garbage container(s). (8) Open top construction and compactor containers: a. Delivery fee............................................................................... $ 118.00 b. Daily rental fee.............................................................................. $ 5.01 c. Haul.......................................................................................... $ 214.04 d. Trash Disposal: Loose....................................................................$ 7.49 / cubic yard Compacted......................................................... $ 10.57 / cubic yard Ordinance No. 2019-051 6 e. Deposit..................................................................................... $ 344.52 Billing for commercial containers will be performed by the contractor. The City will establish such rates annually by ordinance. (c) Collecting and removing of recyclables from multifamily (apartment) complexes will be performed [by] contractor at least once each week. Every apartment complex will be assessed a per unit monthly fee with such rates established annually by ordinance. Monthly apartment recycling fee ........................................................ $1.24 (d) Rates for any service required other than the above described services will be determined by the City. (e) The minimum service to be rendered shall be once each week. Should any place of business not be specifically designated by name, such error or omission will not relieve the owner, occupant, tenant or lessee of the binding effect of this article, but the same charge shall be made as that entered against a business of a like or similar nature. (f) Mobile home parks may request curbside service for each individual housing unit for the collection of garbage, trash, yard waste and recyclables only. Such garbage, trash, yard waste and recyclables must be generated by tenant. The fee for such service will be the normal residential rate established annually by ordinance per the number of units in the park. The mobile home park must maintain commercial service for its office, management and other operations and for the collection of all brush and bulky waste as further defined by Article III, section 25-90, Grapevine Code of Ordinances." Section 3. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Section 4. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of Grapevine, Texas are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Grapevine, Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety and general welfare of the public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained. Ordinance No. 2019-051 7 Section 5. That the effective date of this rate adjustment will be October 1, 2019. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 20th day of August, 2019. APPROVED: William D. Tate Mayor ATTEST: Tara Brooks City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney Ordinance No. 2019-051 8