Your Needs. Our Priorities. Maximized Results. Comprehensive contracts set the stage for future success. That’s why HF&H makes certain your agreements and permit systems for collection, processing, and disposal services will satisfy your unique long-term needs and goals. Our experienced staff of experts can address your contract needs by:
HF&H has assisted approximately 100 California communities in achieving their recycling and solid waste contract objectives. Our commitment to excellence has supported successful negotiation of agreements valued at more than one billion dollars and saved our clients hundreds of millions of dollars.
HF&H helps agencies verify that the rates or assessments they are paying or charging are compliant with the California Constitution and that each rate reflects the cost to provide such service. Our expert opinions and testimonies have resulted in million dollar settlements for agencies that have challenged the accuracy of rate or assessments they are being charged.
Increased scrutiny and demand for transparency by rate payers are straining public agencies to do more with less. Our clear and concise cost allocation methodologies help public agencies set rates that fully fund an enterprises’ operations, maintenance, and capital expenses while also providing funding for support services that are not included in general overhead cost allocation plans.
Our approach to structuring fees and charges based on the proportionate cost of providing services allows our clients to meet their long-term funding needs during ever changing economic conditions
Fair, equitable, and sensible rates, which ensure revenue stability, play a key role in adequately funding water, wastewater, and stormwater operations and maintenance, while encouraging conservation. Our rate-making approach is to balance equity among rate payers and revenue stability for the jurisdiction, while meeting the requirements of Proposition 218.
HF&H brings common sense to planning. For nearly 30 years, HF&H has assisted hundreds of public sector clients to develop a vision, understand the options and make the best choices to achieve their goals. Whether it’s redesigning your system with changes to funding, rate structures, enterprise management, facilities and programs – or focusing on diversion efforts – HF&H is there every step of the way. HF&H provides a proven approach, tailored to your community. First we listen – to understand your community’s characteristics and aspirations. Second, we work with you to deliver cost-effective solutions.
Penalties. Lost business. Litigation. Recordkeeping has become a high-stakes endeavor. At HF&H, our global approach to recycling and solid waste audits prevents problems and protects your jurisdiction by ensuring accuracy, integrity and excellence at every turn. Reliable information makes all the difference. That’s why HF&H has developed a suite of recycling and solid waste audit services you can trust. Our experts provide in-depth reviews to determine the accuracy of all your hauler fee payments, reported tonnage, billing, and rate adjustment requests.
HF&H clients gain peace of mind from our in-depth solid waste audits by:
Fair and sensible collection rates play a key role in your solid waste and recycling equation. That’s why your jurisdiction needs to know if a request for a rate or compensation increase from your collection or material processing contractor makes sense. At HF&H, our in-depth rate and compensation reviews can prevent problems and ensure your collection rates are always right on the mark. Our clients trust HF&H to provide expert evaluations of contractor rate/compensation modification applications, financial statements, operations records, and ideas for rate structures. Our objective reviews and studies arm your jurisdiction with every statistic necessary to successfully address contractor rate/ compensation queries by:
Your Needs. Our Priorities. Maximized Results. Comprehensive contracts set the stage for future success. That’s why HF&H makes certain your agreements and permit systems for collection, processing, and disposal services will satisfy your unique long-term needs and goals. Our experienced staff of experts can address your contract needs by:
HF&H has assisted approximately 100 California communities in achieving their recycling and solid waste contract objectives. Our commitment to excellence has supported successful negotiation of agreements valued at more than one billion dollars and saved our clients hundreds of millions of dollars.
