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CITY OF TIGARD
UTILITIES AND FRANCHISE COMMITTEE
MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, February 25, 1987 .-- 7:30 P.M.
Tigard City Hall — Town Hall Conference Room
Members : 8ENZJACOB McREYNOLD
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1 . Call to Order and Roll Call.
2. Minutes of January 27, 1987 meeting.
3 . Report on Council action on Solid Waste Rate Setting Procedure.
4. Spring Cleanup/Toxin Waste Collection Day Discussion.
5. Correspondence.
6. Other Bunineno ,
7. Adjournment.
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MEMORANDUM
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
TO: Honorable Mayor and Council February 23, 1987
FROM: Wayne Lowry, Acting Finance Director
SUBJECT: Solid Waste Rate Setting Procedure
We have been asked to review the Utility and Franchise Committee rate setting
procedure as set forth in a memo to you from Bill Monahan, Community
Development Director, dated' February 4, 1987.
In reviewing the proposed rate setting procedure, we noted that
TMC 11.04.090(c) sets forth a variety of factors to be taken into
consideration by the Council in setting solid waste rates. We feel that
limiting the rate setting criterion to profit only may exclude some very
essential elements including soundness of management.
Because there is no competition between haulers, the City must maintain
incentives for haulers to be efficient and frugal in their operations and at
the same time provide the highest quality of service at the lowest rate
possible.
We would recommend that the rate setting procedure be referred back to the
Utility and Franchise Committee to insure that the criterion for the setting
of rates has not minimized incentives for efficient management or any of the
other factors described by the TMC..
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