36 - Rate Increase Request on Landfill Services Agreement

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Furthermore, section 6(d) states that the base rates shall remain fixed for the first two years (10/11/21 — 10/11/23) while section 6(e) addresses how rates may change during the term of this agreement: STATUS OF ISSUE: Waste Connections Lone Star, Inc., d/b/a Sanitation Solutions, has requested a rate increase of 5.00%, the maximum cap allowed in the language. Their request has been included in your packet. Upon reviewing their request and examining section 6(e), while their calculations were incorrect due to what appears to be a clerical error as well as looking only at a 12 month window instead of the contractual 24 month window, we have performed our own analysis and determined that a 5% rate increase is indeed appropriate under the terms of the agreement. I have included a draft letter response to WCLS to this effect to address the error — for documentation purposes, authorize the 5% rate increase (tentative to City Council approval), as well as to request the payment of the annual $5,000.00 donation pursuant to section 12 of the agreement; which according to our records, we have not received to -date. +r e:a -! gi@ a. Y• 1. i f '.6+7« Y # � '� � of#. f -5 :1- .f f �S Y'.# r3si BUDGET: The new rates are shown in the WCLS letter to the City of Paris. Under the terms of the recently approved Solid Waste Agreement with CARDS Dallas, LLC, the City will be charging a $6.00 per