Orinda City Council, Dec 16, 2025
The council reviewed proposed solid waste rate adjustments for Orinda residential and commercial customers from March 1st, 2026 to February 28th, 2027 and gave feedback to its two representatives on the RecycleSmart board.
1 h 24 min in session · date on the body’s own agenda listing
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Posted as “Orinda City Council Meeting - December 16, 2025”
The meeting, in short
The council reviewed proposed solid waste rate adjustments for Orinda residential and commercial customers from March 1st, 2026 to February 28th, 2027 and gave feedback to its two representatives on the RecycleSmart board. 42:44
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What members said, in order
My understanding is we do not collect an impact fee for private roads in Orinda.Cara Hoxie · Councilmember50:10
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Members we named
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Of the speech we named for Latika Malkani here:
- 15% name said just before they spoke
- 85% name said in the same meeting
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Of the speech we named for Brandyn Iverson here:
- 100% known by voice (the name was said by or just before that voice)
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Of the speech we named for Janet Riley here:
- 23% name said just before they spoke
- 77% name said in the same meeting
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Of the speech we named for Cara Hoxie here:
- 100% known by voice (the name was said by or just before that voice)
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Of the speech we named for Darlene K. Gee here:
- 100% name said in the same meeting
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Officials on the body's own roster or its own minutes, whose voice passed our check. Minutes count only speech we could name, so they are a floor. Members of the public, students and staff are never named. More on how we count




