Amador County – The Amador County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved rate increases as requested by both of the County’s waste service providers. ACES Waste Services will implement a 6.67 percent rate increase for the Pine Grove Transfer Station and Amador Disposal Service, a Waste Services company, will raise rates 4.91 percent for the Buena Vista Transfer Station. As explained by Jim McHargue, Solid Waste Program Manager, any refuse rate adjustments are based on a “Refuse Rate Adjustment Methodology” approved by the Supervisors in 2008. The Methodology and subsequent “Refuse Rate Index” are used to calculate adjustments based on labor, diesel fuel use, industrial vehicle replacement, industrial vehicle maintenance and urban customer usage, as well as indexed adjustments for landfill disposal costs. ACES recently made rate increases in two of its franchise areas in October of 2009 while its last rate increase for the Pine Grove Transfer Station was 5.44 percent in December of 2007. Amador Disposal raised its rate 4.81 percent at the Buena Vista Transfer Station in July of 2005 and one franchise area in October of 2009. The Supervisors expressed concern over costs related to Proposition 218, which requires local governments to gather votes from affected property owners for any proposed rate increase or assessment before it can be levied. McHargue said the “cost of 218 notification is borne by the County.” He said similar notification procedures last year to approximately 2000 customers cost $3000 for printing, copying and mailing with an additional $2000 incurred for the cost of staff time. Paul Molinelli Sr. and Jr, co-owners of ACES Waste Services, both on hand for the discussion, had previously agreed to share in the cost of the notification process. Story by Alex Lane This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday, 26 May 2010 05:59
Supes Approve Waste Rate Increases
Amador County – The Amador County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved rate increases as requested by both of the County’s waste service providers. ACES Waste Services will implement a 6.67 percent rate increase for the Pine Grove Transfer Station and Amador Disposal Service, a Waste Services company, will raise rates 4.91 percent for the Buena Vista Transfer Station. As explained by Jim McHargue, Solid Waste Program Manager, any refuse rate adjustments are based on a “Refuse Rate Adjustment Methodology” approved by the Supervisors in 2008. The Methodology and subsequent “Refuse Rate Index” are used to calculate adjustments based on labor, diesel fuel use, industrial vehicle replacement, industrial vehicle maintenance and urban customer usage, as well as indexed adjustments for landfill disposal costs. ACES recently made rate increases in two of its franchise areas in October of 2009 while its last rate increase for the Pine Grove Transfer Station was 5.44 percent in December of 2007. Amador Disposal raised its rate 4.81 percent at the Buena Vista Transfer Station in July of 2005 and one franchise area in October of 2009. The Supervisors expressed concern over costs related to Proposition 218, which requires local governments to gather votes from affected property owners for any proposed rate increase or assessment before it can be levied. McHargue said the “cost of 218 notification is borne by the County.” He said similar notification procedures last year to approximately 2000 customers cost $3000 for printing, copying and mailing with an additional $2000 incurred for the cost of staff time. Paul Molinelli Sr. and Jr, co-owners of ACES Waste Services, both on hand for the discussion, had previously agreed to share in the cost of the notification process. Story by Alex Lane This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Latest from
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