DATE: July 19, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Utilities and Environmental Services
SUBJECT
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Report and Assessment for Delinquent Garbage Bills Incurred by Property Owners of Single-Family Households
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts the attached resolution confirming the report and assessment for delinquent single-family residential garbage bills, and authorizing the delinquent charges to become a special assessment against the properties if not paid on or before July 26, 2016.
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BACKGROUND
On April 6, 2010, Council approved collection of delinquent garbage bills from single family residential property owners with cart service via special assessments on property tax rolls. Under the City's solid waste ordinance, the property owner is ultimately responsible for the payment of the garbage bill, whether or not the owner occupies the property.
Beginning in 2010 and annually thereafter, Waste Management of Alameda County (WMAC) mails three separate notices in January, March, and April to delinquent residential property owners. The notices typically result in full payments by about half of all delinquent accounts, thereby avoiding placement of a special assessment on those owners' property tax bills. The outstanding amounts are then placed as a special assessment on the property tax rolls.
DISCUSSION
The 2016 assessments include the total amount due from each delinquent account owed WMAC for the period from March 2015 through February 2016. Other charges that will be included in the assessment are a fifty-dollar administrative fee charged by the City and a 1.7% administrative fee charged by the Alameda County Tax Assessor's Office. These fees and this request for Council's confirmation of the list are made pursuant to Hayward Municipal Code Sections 5-1.28 through 5-1.32.
The total number of delinquent residential customer accounts reported by WMAC in March...
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