- Elizabeth Larson
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Clearlake City Council to host protest hearing on garbage collection rates
The council will meet beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
On Thursday the council will hold a protest hearing, as it’s required to do under Proposition 218, for the proposed increase in garbage collection rates.
City Manager Greg Folsom’s report to the council explained that the new rates, which went into effect on July 1, raised the monthly cost for a 32-gallon garbage container from $15.46 to $19.99, among the lowest rates in the region.
Separately, Last month, the council approved the second final reading of an ordinance instituting universal garbage collection in the city, as Lake County News has reported.
That also triggered a requirement under Proposition 218 to notify property owners, a process which Folsom said the city has begun.
Also on Thursday, the council will consider authorizing staff to appropriate up to $50,000 for additional change orders and contingencies for the paving project on Phillips and 18th Avenue.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote – are warrant registers; minutes of the July 12 Lake County Vector Control District Board meeting; consideration of amendment to the contract with Raney Planning and Management Inc. for preparing an environmental impact report for the Walmart expansion project; and consideration of purchase of an equipment trailer for the Public Works Department.
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