Please provide a scope of services to complete a Solid Waste Rate Study for the City of Spokane (City). By following the processes described below, provide the City with alternatives for adopting updated rates for Solid Waste Collection, while not negatively impacting Solid Waste Disposal and continuing to maintain healthy and appropriate reserve levels. Moreover, recommended rates should demonstrate a clear nexus between the rates charged and the City’s costs of providing the related services. Any differences in price will be explainable and justified by corresponding differences in cost. The proposed scope would involve tasks from the below chart in each year of our engagement. These annual tasks result in a constantly updated financial plan that will inform the City’s overall rate adjustments for its Solid Waste Utility from year to year. Each year will also include a comprehensive cost-of-service update to address more complex cost-allocation issues (e.g., new state solid waste mandates). From time to time, depending on the City’s needs, the proposal would augment the Costof-Service task (Task 2) with two additional tasks aimed at a comprehensive redesign of the City’s existing rates. Tasks 3 and 4 are the additional rate design tasks completed only on an as-needed basis. The initial results should enable the City to determine future needs for additional work and the frequency of such work.
