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Amending Section 220.05 of the Legislative Code to set rates for base level garbage service to be effective April 1, 2025.
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SECTION 1
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul has a Residential Coordinated Trash Collection program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul (“the City”) organized collection of solid waste from 1-4-unit properties in 2018; and
WHEREAS, the City entered into a Residential Solid Waste, Yard Waste, and Bulky Item collection contract (“the Agreement”) with FCC Environmental for the collection of these materials on March 29, 2024 with an effective date of April 1, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Section (12.2) of the Agreement states City shall pay the Contractor monthly a fee in accordance with the prices contained in the Rate Table; and
WHEREAS, Section (12.3) of the Agreement provides that the rates for Trash Collection Costs and Disposal Costs shall be set annually and per the fee structure outlined in Attachment 3 Rate Table with annually collection increases set at 3.5%; and
WHEREAS, If the published annual CPI for the previous year is greater than or equal to five percent (5%), the City shall enter good-faith negotiations with the Contractor to determine the total increase in rates to be paid to the Contractor for the current year. Any rate increase will be greater than or equal to three and a half percent (3.5%), but no greater than seven percent (7%). Rate increases pursuant to this Section 12.3 shall go into effect on April 1 of each year, starting on April 1, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the most recent annual rate adjustment was approved by the Council on October 25, 2023, for rates effective January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, Section 12.3 of the Agreement provides that the Disposal Cost shall be reimbursed to the hauler by the City monthly; and
WHEREAS, the ‘net contracted rate’ for disposal costs at the trash disposal facility was increased to $130 per ton and the actual average tonnage collected in the prior 12 months ...
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