HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 11-18-2025 Item No. 9 Adopt a maximum rate schedule for Rate Period Six with Recology_Written CommunicationsCC 11-18-2025
Item No. 9
Adopt a maximum rate
schedule for Rate Period
Six with Recology
Written Communications
From:Santosh Rao
To:City Council; City Clerk; Tina Kapoor
Subject:Please pull agenda item 9 from consent calendar.
Date:Thursday, November 13, 2025 2:11:30 PM
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Dear City Clerk,
Please include in written communications for agenda item 9 for the 11/18/25 city council
meeting.
[Writing on behalf of myself only as a Cupertino resident]
Dear Mayor Chao and Council members,
Please pull agenda item 9 from the consent calendar for the 11/18/25 council meeting.
A 4.39% rate increase on Cupertino residents, or any rate increase on residents, should never
be placed on consent. Residents are not an unlimited source of revenue, and we cannot
continue absorbing rate hikes, fee increases, and tax increases from multiple directions.
I ask that you work to reduce fees and rates rather than raise them. Voters did not elect you to
approve increases through the consent calendar, especially when they directly affect the cost
of living.
Please pull agenda item 9 and work to minimize or eliminate rate increases. Residents should
not bear the weight of personal environmental priorities. The focus should be on affordability
and keeping living costs manageable.
Thanks,
San Rao (writing on behalf of myself only as a Cupertino resident)