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Iss12/15/08 RESOLUTION NO. 2009- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF THE SOLID WASTE PROGRAM SURCHARGE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 10 OF THE THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT FOR THE COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The City of Santa Ana currently contracts with USA Waste of California Inc. a Delaware corporation dba Waste Management of Orange County ("Contractor"), whereby Contractor is the exclusive provider for the collection, transportation, and disposal of solid waste within the limits of the City of Santa Ana. B. Pursuant to the exclusive contract, the City currently receives a 15.8 percent surcharge from Contractor based upon its Gross Receipts. The funds received pursuant to the surcharge are used in part to pay for the costs of administering the refuse collection and recycling program and supporting the federal clean water protection activities. C. The cost to provide administration of the refuse and recycling program has increased above the amounts currently collected pursuant to the program surcharge. These increased costs to the City include but are not limited to salaries of staff and fixed costs. D. It is recommended that the surcharge on bin and roll-off container service rates be increased 4 percent to support increased costs in administering the refuse collection program. Section 2. The City Council hereby increases the following refuse program surcharge on bin services and roll-off services. A. The refuse service surcharge increasing the amount of the solid waste program surcharge established pursuant to section 10 of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement for the Collection of Solid Waste in the City of Santa Ana is hereby increased from 15.8 percent to 19.8 percent. 55A-3