Drafter
Clerk 06/17/2024
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AN ORDINANCE relating to solid waste fees charged at recycling and transfer facilities, at the Cedar Hills regional landfill, and for construction and demolition waste disposed at landfills by construction and demolition receiving facilities; and amending Ordinance 12564, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C.10.12.021 and Ordinance 18166, Section 5, and K.C.C.4A.670.300 and establishing an effective date.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The solid waste division of the department of natural resources and parks provides essential public services that protect human health, the environment, and the quality of life in our region.
2. The solid waste division operates the Cedar Hills regional landfill, eight transfer stations, and two drop boxes. It also provides innovative programs to help customers prevent and recycle waste.
3. The department of natural resources and parks is proposing to change the rate solid waste collection entity per-ton-rate vehicles are charged for disposal of municipal solid waste from $150.83 to $165.91 per ton, effective January 1, 2025.
4. The department of natural resources and parks is proposing to increase the fixed-annual charge for disposal of municipal solid waste from $22,614,181 to $23,337,835 effective January 1, 2025.
5. The impact on the average single-family household with garbage collection would be approximately ninety-three cents per month in 2025.
6. The department of natural resources and parks is proposing to increase the tip fee surcharge for construction and demolition wastes generated in the county's jurisdiction and disposed by construction and demolition receiving facilities at landfills from $4.25 a ton to $13.00 a ton effective January 1, 2025.
7. Fee increases for 2025 enable the solid waste division of the department of natural resources and parks to maintain essential solid waste disposal and recycling services and generate the revenue needed to carry out programmatic responsibili...
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