19E - SANITATION RATE REDUCITION

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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 6, 2016 TITLE; SANITATION RATE REDUCTION (STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 4) �r CITY MANAGER Receive and file the Sanitation Rate Reduction Calculation. DISCUSSION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY, APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 18' Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2n6 Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER The City of Santa Ana Sanitation Enterprise provides a variety of services within the City's 400 miles of public right-of-way. Sanitation Enterprise operations include graffiti abatement services, roadway cleaning, street sweeping, street tree trimming, and weed abatement. The City reviews enterprise operations expenditures as a continued best practice, including expenditures in the Public Works Agency Sanitation Fund. After completing a review this year, it was determined that the City's Graffiti Abatement Services were able to be funded by the City's General Fund. On September 20, 2016, the City Council approved an appropriation adjustment reducing the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Budget for the Sanitation Enterprise in the amount of $1,601,440. City Council also directed staff to calculate a Sanitation Rate decrease corresponding to the transfer of $1,200,000 in Graffiti Abatement Services to the General Fund. In accordance with City Council's direction, staff performed the calculation and determined that the corresponding reduced bi-monthly rate will be $12.94 -- a $1.98 reduction to the current bi- monthly rate (Exhibit 1). Approval of the recommended action will allow the City to continue providing valuable and efficient citywide services at a cost-effective rate. Implementation of the rate reduction is scheduled for January 2017. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #4 — Maintain a stable, efficient and transparent financial environment. 19E-1