HomeMy WebLinkAboutres1989-109INTRODUCED BY: Consent
DATE: 12 -7 -89
PROPOSED BY: Public Works
RESOLUTION NO. 89 -109
A RESOLUTION FIXING A TIME AND DATE FOR A
HEARING ON THE CREATION OF A SOLID WASTE
DISPOSAL DISTRICT WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED
AREA OF WHATCOM COUNTY AND WITHIN ALL CITIES
AND TOWNS IN WHATCOM COUNTY PURSUANT TO
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN WHATCOM COUNTY
AND SUCH CITIES AND TOWNS
WHEREAS, Whatcom County has prepared a 1989 updated
Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan ( "Plan "); and
WHEREAS, the County has the responsibility to implement the
goals of the Plan, including, but not limited to, waste reduction
and recycling programs, construction of transfer stations, and
development, maintenance, operation, and closure of county -owned
landfills; and
WHEREAS, the County must have a stable and reliable source of
income in order to implement the goals of solid waste disposal as
set forth in the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the County is authorized by Chapter 36.58 RCW to
create a solid waste disposal district for the purpose of providing
and funding solid waste disposal services; and
WHEREAS, the County has heretofore entered into interlocal
agreements with cities comprising all incorporated areas of the
County, to wit, Bellingham, Blaine, Everson, Ferndale, Lynden,
Nooksack, and Sumas, which interlocal agreements authorize the
County to include such cities and towns, respectively, in a solid
waste disposal district, if formed; and
WHEREAS, the County shall submit the annual solid waste budget
to the mayors of each city in the County for their review of the
use of tax proceeds, as provided in the interlocal agreements; and
WHEREAS, solid waste disposal districts are authorized by
Chapter 36.58 RCW to impose fees and to levy and collect an excise
privilege tax for the purpose of funding solid waste disposal
activities; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing is necessary and desirable to
ascertain whether the formation of a solid waste disposal district
is in the public interest;
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that:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council
The County Council shall conduct a hearing on the formation
of a solid waste disposal district at _ ^ o'clock _.m. on January
4, 1990, in the Council Chambers in the County Courthouse in
Bellingham, Washington. The district, if formed, shall include
all unincorporated areas of Whatcom County, together with all
incorporated areas of cities and towns that have consented to
inclusion within such district, and shall be authorized by state
law to levy and collect an excise tax on the privilege of living
in or operating a business in such district sufficient to fund,
with all other revenues, its solid waste disposal activities.
All persons who may desire to submit testimony regarding the
formation of such district are hereby notified to appear and
present such testimony at such hearing. The Clerk of the Council
is hereby directed to give notice, in the form attached, of said
hearing. Such notice shall be given by publication in the Westside
Record Journal and Lynden Tribune at least ten days prior to the
date of said hearing. Notice shall also be published, if
practicable, in any newspaper of record in the County. Copies of
the notice shall also be mailed to all mayors and city
councilmembers in the County, all companies engaged in solid waste
hauling, and other media who have requested to be advised of public
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meetings of the County Council. The Clerk shall also arrange to
post such notice where appropriate in the County.
DATED this
ATTEST:
7th day of December
Ramona Reeves, Council Clerk
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