Memorandum
Date: October 28, 2025
To: The Honorable Eddie Crandell, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Lars Ewing, Public Services Director
Subject: A) Consideration of Amendment Three to Agreement between the County of Lake and Lake County Waste Solutions, Inc. for Solid Waste Handling and Recycling Services
B) Consideration of Amendment Three to Agreement between the County of Lake and South Lake Refuse Company, LLC for Solid Waste Handling and Recycling Services
Executive Summary: Lake County Waste Solutions (LCWS) and South Lake Refuse & Recycling (SLRR) are the County's two franchise solid waste and recycling haulers, and are integral to the County's effort to overall waste management as well as achieving State-mandated goals of reducing the amount of waste disposed at landfills. Both franchise agreements allow for rate adjustments to account for pass-through costs resulting from new material processing fees, market changes, or state regulations and mandates. For your Board's consideration are proposed amendments to each agreement to incorporate an organic waste processing pass-through cost.
As your Board is aware, Senate Bill 1383, also known as the Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Law, is intended to reduce the statewide disposal of organic waste in landfills. The regulations adopted under SB 1383 include, among other requirements, local jurisdiction obligations for organic waste recycling (i.e. mandatory organics recycling). In recognition of the substantial challenges faced by rural jurisdictions in implementing organics collection and expanding or even developing recycling infrastructure, the regulations allow counties with populations less than 70,000 to exempt themselves from certain aspects of the law. The entirety of Lake County - both unincorporated and incorporated areas - operates under this rural exemption for organic waste collection services, capacity planning, and the procurement of recovered organic waste products.
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