OXNARD-– The City’s Public Works Department Environmental Resources Division (ER), an enterprise fund operation providing Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) services for collection, sorting, processing, and waste disposal to 34,154 residential properties and 16,378 commercial customers.
THE City Council last approved a cost-of-service study to evaluate solid waste rates in May 2012, with a rate increase effective January 2013.
Over the past 10 years, the City’s 96-gallon residential solid waste rate increased by only 63 cents per month or 2.1 percent for residential service.
The most popular commercial rate (4-yard/once per week) increased by 2.7 percent or $6.05. Over the same decade, the consumer price index increased by 33 percent.
In December 2022, the City hired Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc., a firm with expertise in developing solid waste cost-of-service studies, and based upon the study’s findings, the City will consider proposed rate increases at a Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 19, to cover the
Environmental Resources Division’s costs, including but not limited to operations, major infrastructure investments, increased costs for waste and recyclable collections and disposal, increased costs for equipment and fuel, and implementing State-mandated programs.
If rates are not adjusted, service to customers may be affected and could impact…
