HomeMy WebLinkAboutres1994-048WIL4TCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 94 -223B
CLEARANCES
Initial
Date
Date Received in Council Office:
Aaenda date
Assigned to:
Originator. Council
9/6
9/6/94
Council
Division Head:
9/27/94
Council
Dept. Head:
Prosecutor.
Purchasing/Budger
Executive:
SECT
Request for Solid Waste Advisory Committee's recommended changes to the flow control ordinance
ATTACHMENTS:
SUAfl& RY STATEMENT Please complete sections of box as appropriate & explain the item below.
Related County contract: Should Clerk schedule a hearing? NO / / YES / / Requested date: 1
CLERK'S RECOMMENDED MOTION (for fvwl action):
COMMITTEE ACTION TAKEN:
COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
9/6: "Henderson moved to request that the SWAC committee forward its recommended changes to the flow
control ordinance, by 10 a.m. Wednesday September 21 for consideration by the Council on September 27."
Motion carried unanimously.
9/27: Council Approved Resolution 7 -0
Related File Numbers Ordinance or Resolution Number (this item only): RE 94- 048
now.res 9/27/94 SPONSORED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Henderson
INTRODUCTION DATE: 9.127.194
1 RESOLUTION NO. 94 -04 8
2 WHATCOM COUNTY RESOLUTION CLARIFYING THE INTENT OF FLOW
3 CONTROL
4 WHEREAS, the County flow control ordinance currently in effect was adopted in
5 June 1991; and
6 WHEREAS, the methods of handling garbage is a dynamic industry with changing
7 technologies; and
8 WHEREAS, legal analysis of the Carbone decision supports the conclusion that our
9 flow control ordinance remains essentially valid; and
10 WHEREAS, the flow control ordinance does not currently address costs as they
11 relate to the hierarchy; and
12 WHEREAS, the flow control ordinance does not address the addition of new
13 technologies as they become available;
14 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council that the
15 Council recognizes and affirms the essential validity of the 1991 flow control ordinance; and
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Council that cost is a legitimate limiting
17 factor in determining the viability of any garbage disposal system and concludes that a per-
18 ton tipping cost shall be capped at the rate negotiated with a disposal company at the time
19 of contract signing. Any increases in rate for whatever reason will require approval from
20 the County Council; and
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County shall impose a surcharge or penalty
2 for companies not performing at higher levels in the hierarchy. A penalty shall be assessed
3 for materials sent to landfill. The penalties shall follow the following schedule:
4 • Processing of waste to recover and market recyclable material (no penalty)
5 • Transformation of waste into energy or other usable form ($2.00 /ton penalty)
6 • Volume reduction of waste ($5.00 /ton penalty)
7 • Disposal with volume reduction only ($10.00 /ton penalty)
8 • Land- filling unseparated waste ($20.00 /ton penalty)
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the current flow control hierarchies shall
10 be categorized as follows:
11 1. Recycling of separated waste:
12 Processing No penalty
13 2. Processing of unseparated wastes including compostables:
14 Process No penalty
15 3. Incineration with energy recovery of separated waste:
16 Transformation $2.00 /ton penalty for land - filled ash
17 4. Incineration without energy recovery of separated waste:
18 Reduction $5.00 /ton penalty for land - filled ash
19 5. Land- filling of separated waste:
20 Reduction $5.00 /ton penalty for land - filled waste
21 6. Incineration with energy recovery of unseparated waste:
22 Volume reduction $10.00 /ton penalty for land - filled ash
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7. Incineration without energy recovery of unseparated waste:
Volume Reduction $10.00 /ton penalty for land - filled ash
8. Land- filling of unseparated waste:
4 Disposal $20.00 /ton penalty for land - filled waste
5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that contracts between the County and designated
6 disposal sites shall embody, as appropriate, clarifications herein above set forth; and
7 BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County shall direct the solid waste manager
8 or other public official to place the above stated provision into any contract and make the
9 above stated provisions a part of facility designation.
10 APPROVED this " day of , 1994.
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12 ATTEST:
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14 Ramona Reeves, Council Clerk
15 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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17 Civil Deputy Prosecuting Atty.
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Robert A. Imhof, lCounck5 hair
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