City Council

10A. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION\nNO. 2023-25, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nSTANTON, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED\nFRANCHISE AGREEMENT FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES WITH\nCR&R INCORPORATED AND ADOPTING MAXIMUM PERMITTED SERVICE\nCHARGES”\nThe City of Stanton has an exclusive franchise with CR&R, Inc. (“CR&R”) for the\ncollection, disposal, recycling, and processing of solid waste within the City. CR&R is\nproposing to increase the rates it charges for the collection and handling of solid waste\nwithin the City in order to account for the increased cost of complying with certain new\norganic waste mandates. The attached Resolution would, if approved and adopted by\nthe City Council, implement these rate increases (proposed as 3.5% for single family\nresidential customers and 8.3% for commercial customers). Out of an abundance of\ncaution, and without conceding the applicability of Proposition 218 (Prop. 218) to solid\nwaste rate changes, a notice was mailed for a public hearing set for this evening’s\nregular meeting of the City Council to discuss the proposed solid waste rate increases\ncalled for by the first amendment to the CR&R franchise agreement.\nSeptember 12, 2023\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\n1. City Council conduct a public hearing to accept written protests and verbal\ncomments against the increased solid waste fees, track the number of valid written\nprotests and, if the number of written protests received by the close of the public\ncomment portion of the hearing is not sufficient to constitute a majority, make a\nfinding that there is not a majority protest by property owners and/or tenants; and\n2. Approve Resolution No. 2023-25, entitled:\n“A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STANTON,\nCALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED\nFRANCHISE AGREEMENT FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION\nSERVICES WITH CR&R INCORPORATED AND ADOPTING MAXIMUM\nPERMITTED SERVICE CHARGES”; and\n3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Amended and Restated Franchise\nAgreement with CR&R Incorporated.