To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: Changes to waste collection rates and services for residential customers in the unincorporated areas served by Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery under the County Franchise Agreement
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. ACCEPT final report from consultant Crowe, LLP (Crowe), dated March 11, 2024, summarizing the results of its review of the rate application for service changes submitted by Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery (MDRR), attached as Exhibit A.
2. APPROVE and direct MDRR to implement the following recommended service changes and associated rate adjustment effective May 1, 2024, resulting in a 14.35% solid waste collection rate increase for residential customers in unincorporated areas served by MDRR under the County's Franchise Agreement based on staff and Crowe's review of MDRR's rate application:
a. Switch from bi-weekly to weekly residential organics collection and expand the list of materials accepted, and
b. Mandatory SB 1383 monitoring and reporting.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no impact to the County General Fund. The costs for County staff time spent and any related consulting services focused on administering the Franchise Agreement with MDRR, including the rate setting process, are covered by the solid waste/recycling collection franchise fees.
BACKGROUND:
On September 19, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the Short-lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act ("SB 1383"). SB 1383 required the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery ("CalRecycle") to develop regulations to reduce organics in landfills as a source of methane. The regulations developed by CalRecycle under SB 1383 revised numerous provisions of division 7 of title 14 of the California Code of Regulations and added Chapter 12, entitled "Short-lived Climate Pollutants," effective January 1, 2022. The...
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