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198 <br /> <br /> The roll call vote was as follows: <br /> AYES: Councilmembers Butler, Mohr, Scribner, Tarver and Mayor <br /> Mercer <br /> NOES: None <br /> ABSENT: None <br /> ABSTAIN: None <br /> <br /> Item 6d <br /> Request of Pleasanton Garbage to Adjust Refuse Collection Rates <br /> (SR 91:200) <br /> <br /> Mr. Mercer declared the public hearing open on the <br /> application. <br /> <br /> Mr. Martin Inderbitzen, 62 West Neal Street, representing <br /> Pleasanton Garbage Service, stated that the Staff Report addresses <br /> all the issues regarding the refuse collection rate adjustment. He <br /> added that the recycling conveyor belt was delivered on March 29, <br /> 1991, and that a building permit for the facility was issued by the <br /> City of Pleasanton on April 5th. Construction work began on April <br /> 15th, and the facility will be ready for operation by June 5th. He <br /> indicated that Pleasanton Garbage Service spent a total of about <br /> $400,000 for the recycling conveyor belt, which is 120 feet long <br /> and three stories high. <br /> <br /> Mr. Mercer stated that the Alameda County Solid Waste <br /> Management Board informed him that the breakdown of the regulatory <br /> fees per ton at the dump site is $10.85, as opposed to the Staff <br /> Report's $9.57. He asked Mr. Inderbitzen if he would have to come <br /> back to Council for a readjustment at a later date. <br /> <br /> Mr. Inderbitzen replied that the Staff Report figures were <br /> provided by City Staff. <br /> <br /> Mr. Bocian stated that $9.57 is the fee that is currently in <br /> place at the Vasco Road dump site and the amount approved by the <br /> City of Livermore. <br /> <br /> Mr. Mercer indicated that it is his opinion that out-of-town <br /> residents and businesses should be charged a higher rate at the <br /> transfer station than in-town residents and businesses because <br /> local firms pay taxes, employ local people, and pay business <br /> license fees, while those from out of town may not contribute to <br /> the community. <br /> <br /> Mr. Bocian explained that commercial rates are higher than the <br /> residential rates because residential rates are subsidized rates <br /> and commercial rates are not. Commercial rates also reflect <br /> handling and the cost of transporting the trash from the transfer <br /> <br /> - 22 - <br /> 5-21-91 <br /> <br /> <br />