Ordinance No. 55-23-38AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA
INCREASING MONTHLY SANITATION RATES BY 16.63% BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 16, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING, ARTICLE I, SOLID WASTE
DEFINITIONS AND PROCEDURES, SECTION 16-10 FEES FOR COLLECTION;
PROVIDING FOR INTENT; PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF THE NEW
RATES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City bases its sanitation rates on recovering the cost of providing service and
maintaining and utilizing a sanitation enterprise fund reserve (fund balance); and
WHEREAS, the City entered into a contract with Green for Life (GFL) Environmental on June
30, 2021, that became effective Aug. 1, 2021; notably, the residential sanitation removal rate GFL charged
the City was $17.45 and the monthly residential sanitation removal rate the City charges its residents was
and remains $18.02; and
WHEREAS, GFL Environmental increased the monthly fuel component rate it charges the City
effective May 1, 2022, due to the semi-annual fuel surcharge fuel component adjustment, resulting in a
7.4% overall rate increase to the City; and
WHEREAS, GFL Environmental increased the monthly collection component rate effective
October 1, 2022, as a result of the consumer price index (CPI) adjustment, resulting in a 3.2% overall rate
increase to the City; and
WHEREAS, GFL Environmental decreased the monthly fuel component rate it charges the City
effective June 1, 2023, due to the semi-annual fuel surcharge fuel component adjustment, resulting in a
2.5% overall rate decrease to the City; and
WHEREAS, the City has been notified that GFL Environmental will increase the monthly
collection component rate it charges the as a result of the CPI adjustment effective October 1, 2023,
resulting in a 3.2% overall rate increase to the City; and
WHEREAS, the monthly residential sanitation rate GFL will charge the City effective October 1,
2023, will be $19.46; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of the City not passing along sanitation rate increases since June 1, 2019,
the City sanitation fund reserve was depleted by about $231,232 between Oct. 1, 2021, and April 30,2023;
and,
WHEREAS, the City deems it necessary to increase rates corresponding to the City's sanitation
collection provider rate increases since June 1, 2019, to enable it to stabilize the sanitation program's
operations while maintaining and utilizing a sufficient sanitation fund reserve; and
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WHEREAS, in addition and to account for expenses (via the sanitation enterprise fund reserve)
pertaining to emergencies and other considerations, the City deems it necessary to establish monthly
sanitation rate amounting to 8% more than the monthly amount GFL Environmental charges the City for
residential and commercial solid waste removal; and
WHEREAS, as such, the City deems it necessary to increase the monthly residential sanitation
removal rate to $21.02, a 16.63% increase over the current monthly residential sanitation removal rate of
$18.02; and
WHEREAS, the City further deems it necessary to correspondingly increase monthly commercial
sanitation removal rates as delineated in Section 2 of this Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, miscellaneous monthly commercial removal rates not delineated in Section 2 will
remain as established in the June 30, 2021, solid waste agreement between the City of Atlantic Beach and
GFL Environmental.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF THE
PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. Intent.
It is the intent of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida to adjust monthly fees for sanitation services by
16.63%.
SECTION 2. Section 16-10, Article 1, Chapter 16 of the City's Code of Ordinances shall be amended in
its entirety as follows:
All residents, occupants and owners of premises in the city shall have accumulations of solid waste
removed and disposed of by the €tanehisecontractor, and for the service of solid waste removal shall pay
the city the sums as promulgated by ordinance shown below for each type of service.
(1) Residential. Monthly payments shall be computed by multiplying the initial number of residential
units in the service area times se 0 ee dellafs and seventy eight een4s ($17 74)twent,'
dollars and two cents ($21.02) per household for garbage, recycling, and yard waste.
a. Any person requesting an additional garbage pick-up each week shall be charged an
additional fee of seventeen delle&s d seventy o ght eents ($17.78*
twenty-one dollars and
two cents ($21.02)—per month. The day of the additional pick-up shall be set by the
€r-anehisee contractor, and a subscription agreement shall be signed with the city which
shall require a minimum of one (1) year of the additional fee.
b. Any person requesting an additional garbage toter (or required to have an additional
garbage toter due to volume of excess trash produced) for their household shall be charged
an additional fee of ten dollars and forty-five
cents $10.45Zper month and a subscription agreement shall be signed with the city which
shall require a minimum of one (1) year of the additional fee.
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(2) Multifamily residential (curbside, all residential services): Monthly payments shall be computed
by multiplying the initial number of residential units in the service area times seventeen ae"fffs
and seventy eight eents 'Q' 7. 74` twenty-one dollars and two cents ($21.02) -per household for
garbage, recycling and yard waste.
(4)(3) Multifamily (containers emptied by mechanical means). -Monthly payments shall be
computed by multiplying the total monthly yardage based on container size by the rate of five
dollars and fifty eight eents ($5.58) six dollars and sixty cents ($6.60) per cubic yard. For users
of two (2) cubic yard containers, monthly payments shall be computed by multiplying the total
monthly commercial yardage collected by the rate of six dollars and Seventy two eofi+s ($6.72
seven dollars and ninety-four cents ($7.94) er cubic yard for containerized garbage.
(5)(4) Commercial (curbside, all residential services): Monthly payments shall be computed by
multiplying the number of business units in the service area times seveRteen dellars and seventy
twenty-one dollars and two cents($21.02�per business for garbage, yard
waste and recycling.
(6)(5) Commercial (curbside, garbage only, twice a week collection): Monthly payments shall be
computed by multiplying the number of commercial toters times seve 4een dollars afia solventy
eight eents ($17.78 twenty-one dollars and two cents for garbage.
(-7)(6) Commercial (containers emptied by mechanical means): Monthly payments shall be
computed by multiplying the total monthly commercial yardage collected by the rate of five
eAid fifty eight een4s ($5.58) six dollars and sixty cents ($.6.60) per cubic yard for containerized
garbage based on container size. For users of two (2) cubic yard containers, monthly payments
shall be computed by multiplying the total monthly commercial yardage collected by the rate of
six deliar-s end seventy twe ($6.72+ seven dollars and ninety-four cents ($7.94) per cubic yard for
containerized garbage.
(8)(7) Commercial (roll -off containers): Monthly payments shall be computed by multiplying the
total number of roll -off pulls by thii4y ewe ae"afs aiid twenty f eents ($32 24) thirty-eight
dollars and eleven cents ($38.11) per yard (based on container size other than C&D containers).
For roll -off compactors, monthly payments shall be computed by multiplying the total number of
roll -off pulls by sixteen dollars and seventy five een4 ($16.75) nineteen dollars and eight
($19.80)per yard multiplied by container size.
(�(8) VIP compactors (FEL): Monthly payments shall be computed by multiplying the total
monthly commercial yardage collected based on container size by the rate of sixteen dollars en
thifty two eents ($16.3 2� nineteen dollars and twenty-nine cents ($19.29) per cubic yard for
compacted containerized waste.
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(9) Special pickups including extra service, excess yard waste and commercial bulk
pickups: Special pickups shall be billed at the rate listed in the schedule of standard charges
approved by the city commission.
(4) 1( 0J —/Standardized billing.] For billing standardization purposes, monthly payments will be
calculated assuming four and thirty-three hundredths (4.33) weeks per month.
SECTION 2. Severability. If a Court of competent jurisdiction at any time finds any provision of this
Ordinance to be unlawful, illegal or unenforceable, the offending provision shall be deemed severable and
removed from the remaining provisions of this Ordinance which shall remain in full force and intact.
SECTION 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect upon final reading and approval.
PASSED by the City Commission on first reading this 12th day of June, 2023.
PASSED by the City Commission on second and final reading this 26th day of June 2023.
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Curtis Ford, Wayd
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Donna L. Bartle, City Clerk
Approved as to form and correctness:
Jaso b ' ity Attorney
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