2ND RATE HIKE REQUESTED FOR TRASH SERVICES COMPANY CITES FUEL COSTS.Byline: JUDY O'ROURKE Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- Waste Management's Blue Barrel subsidiary has asked the city of Santa Clarita for a second rate hike for next year to cover rising fuel costs. The company, which picks up residential trash under a franchise with the city, has declined for two days to provide details about the proposed hike, but will discuss it today with city officials. "It's a preliminary meeting to get the details on Waste Management's rate-increase request," said Travis Lange, the city's Environmental Services The various combinations of scientific, technical, and advisory activities (including modification processes, i.e., the influence of manmade and natural factors) required to acquire, produce, and supply information on the past, present, and future states of space, atmospheric, manager. The city already has approved a rate increase of 2.29 percent for July 2007 to June 2008, as is outlined in the franchise agreement between the city and Blue Barrel. On July 1, the monthly bill for a single-family home will go from $16.25 a month to $16.62. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. correspondence from Waste Management, the company could be asking for an "extraordinary increase" -- that could potentially raise the total increase for 2007-08 to roughly 7.8 percent. In a March 27 letter to Robert Newman Robert Newman can refer to:
pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. , Blue Barrel says fuel costs jumped from 98 cents a gallon to $1.98 -- a 102 percent increase from 2003 to 2005. Blue Barrel became the city's exclusive residential trash hauler in 2003. Company officials will make a case for the increase today at a City Council subcommittee sub·com·mit·tee n. A subordinate committee composed of members appointed from a main committee. subcommittee Noun meeting, and even if city staff members recommend increasing the rates, the full council would have to approve it. judy.orourke@dailynews.com (661) 257-5255 |
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