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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS z Contra
FROM: FINANCE COMMITTEE costa
SUPERVISOR GAYLE BISHOP, CHAIR
SUPERVISOR TOM POWERS County
DATE: MAY 25, 1993
SUBJECT: AUTHORIZE WASTE COLLECTION FRANCHISE RATE REVIEW ANALYSIS
SPECIFIC REQUEST($) OR RECOMMENDATION(S), & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
Accept Finance Committee Report;
Direct the Community Development Department to issue an Request for
Proposal (RFP) to three firms which have had no prior rate review
activities within Contra Costa County; the purpose of the RFP and
contract will be to provide a comparison of rate setting processes
and methodologies used by other jurisdictions; and
Direct the Community Development Department to include in the
contract recommendations for rate setting processes and methodology
to be used considered by the Board of Supervisors.
FISCAL IMPACT
None to the County General Fund. Costs will be covered by Resource
Recovery Fee budget.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
Scope of Work
1. To compare and analyze the four rate studies which have been
prepared by Barakat and Chamberlin for the City of Richmond,
Hilton Farnkopf & Hobson report for the Cities of Hercules and
Pinole, Ernst & Young report prepared for the City of Concord,
Deloitte & Touche report prepared for Contra Costa County.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
Y .Y
SIGNATURE(S) : *'
Supervi r Gayle BisbW, Chair Sup rvisor Tom Powers
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _ OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF- THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS .ON' THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Belinda Smith (510/646-1238) ATTESTED S'
cc: Community Development Department (CDD) PHIL H CHELOR, CLERK OF
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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Rate Review Analysis - Page Two
2 . Prepare report based on the above comparison including
recommendations to the Board of Supervisors for a rate setting
process and methodology.
Staff has had made inquiries on the scope and estimated costs with
the following firms; Bartels & Wells, Cooper & Lybrands, and Price
Waterhouse. Rough quotes have ranged from $15,000 to $22, 000.
Additional work would increase the costs of these quotes. We have
requested that the work be completed within five to six weeks.
While this type of rate review study would normally be paid by the
hauler as a pass through cost, to expedite the review and assure
the scope necessary for the County's consideration of rate review
issues is covered we intending to utilize funds within the existing
.resource recovery/solid waste programs budget.
In the past several months a number of rate studies have been
prepared for various jurisdictions in the County. Questions have
arisen on the part of some of jurisdictions and some haulers
regarding the rate review methodology used. Specifically, stF.ff
proposes to look at the rate review in jurisdictions utilizing :he
same hauler as the County as identified above.
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