Contract with R&F Disposal

I received a copy of the agreement with R&F disposal and I wanted to post a copy of it for everyone to view. Last month, a group that supports Melendez, Cantu, and Santillano's decision to sign a contract with Sunsent Waste circulated an anonymous flyer explaining to us why it was the correct thing to do. Well the flyer was full of misleading statements and I hope that people will read this contract and compare it against the anonymous flyer that was posted to this website on January 6th.

Key items that I would like to point out from the contract that dispute the claims that were made in the anonymous flyer.

1. Page 1 describes the 5% franchise fee that the city keeps from all of the revenue generated through R&F's services. The author of the flyer complains that we are paying too much for our regular garbage service compared to Delano, but they don't mention that the monthly fee that R&F charges includes this 5% franchise fee with an additional $0.75 billing fee that all goes back to the city. If these guys on the council are so concerned about our garbage costs why don't they vote to remove these fees.
2. Page 2 shows the terms of the permitted 5% increase in service fees. The author of the flyer complains that R&F can increase our fees at their own will by 5% per year. The author of the flyer is an idiot that doesn't understand that the 5% increase is only permitted if the consumer price index (CPI) increases by 5%. If the economy experiences an event that causes the CPI to increase by 10% in one year, R&F is still only limited to increasing their rates by 5%.
3. Page 3 clearly shows that Kern County loaned R&F the $300,000 interest free loan for the purchase of two trucks. The author of the flyer was claiming that the city loaned this money to R&F and that the past city administration was going out of their way to do special favors for R&F.

http://www.shafterchevron.com/resources/R$26F_agreement.pdf

Now you have to ask yourself, why wasn't the author of the anonymous flyer willing to stand behind his words and print his name to it? I'm sure this person knew that they were misleading the public and that he would not be able to handle the critisicm.