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Home My WebLink About14-089RESOLUTION NO. 14-089 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING TIPPING FEE RATES AT THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY GLADES ROAD LANDFILL; PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSAL OF RECOVERED SCREENED MATERIALS AT THE COUNTY'S LANDFILL; PROVIDING FOR THE PROCESSING OF SINGLE STREAM RECYCLABLE MATERIALS AT THE COUNTY'S FACILITY; PROVIDING THE COUNTY'S SOLID WASTE DIRECTOR WITH AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER RECOVERED SCREENED MATERIALS AND SINGLE STREAM RECYCLABLE MATERIALS MAY BE ACCEPTED AT THE COUNTY'S FACILITY; ADOPTING THE COUNTY'S EXISTING TIPPING FEE RATES; REPEALING AND SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION NO. 13-026; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida (the "Board"), has made the following determinations: 1. The County owns and operates a solid waste management facility ("Facility") located at 6120 Glades Cut-Off Road in the City of Fort Pierce, Florida. The County's Facility includes a Class I landfill, a disposal area for construction and demolition debris, a recycling center, and related facilities that are used for processing, recycling, and disposing of various types of solid waste. 2. On February 19, 2013, the Board adopted Resolution No. 13-026, which established the "tipping fees" (i.e. rates) that the County currently charge for processing and disposing of solid waste and recyclable materials at the County's Facility. The Board now wishes to establish a new fee for the disposal of certain "recovered screened materials" in the County's Class I landfill. More specifically, the Board wishes to establish a new fee for the disposal of recovered screened materials that are (a) generated when recycling construction and demolition debris and (b) suitable for use as initial cover at the County's Class I landfill. These recovered screened materials consist of soil and relatively small particles of wood, concrete, glass, and other materials that pass through a screen during the recycling process and then are collected for reuse. The Board also wishes to authorize the County's Solid Waste Director to determine whether these criteria will be satisfied by the recovered screened material that is or will be delivered to the County's Facility. Accordingly, the new tipping fee, the criteria for recovered screened material, and the grant of authority to the Solid Waste Director are set forth in Section A.l.c, below. 3. On May 20, 2014, the Board approved a contract authorizing Wynne Building Company to deliver recyclable materials to the County's Facility in a °single stream" - i.e., all of the recyclable materials are collected, hauled, and delivered as a single stream of comingled materials. The Board now wishes to revise the County's existing rate resolution (Resolution No. 13-026) to authorize the delivery of single stream recyclable materials in limited circumstances that are deemed to be in the public interest, as determined by the County's Solid Waste Director. Accordingly, the revisions to the County's rate resolution and the grant of authority to the County's Solid Waste Director are set forth in Section A.2.i, below. 4. The tipping fees established in Section A, below, are reasonable and appropriate - i.e., the rates fairly compensate the County for the services it provides when processing solid waste and recyclable materials at the County's Facility. The rates, limitations, and other provisions set forth in Sections A, B, C, D, and E, below, are in the best interest of the public and they are necessary for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare. 5. This resolution is identical to Resolution 13-026, except for certain new provisions that are being added to Section A.l.c and Section A.2.i, below. The new provisions in these two sections are highlighted with underlining. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, that the following tipping fees for the use of the County's Facility, and the following provisions concerning the use of the County's Facility, are hereby approved and adopted: SECTION A: 1. Minimum fees for disposal of all solid waste. a. Automobiles and utility vehicles: Regular fee $2.50 per load Uncovered/Unsecured $5.00 per load b. Vans, trucks, including open bed pick-up trucks, trailers: Regular fee $4.50 per load Uncovered fee/Unsecured $9.00 per load c. Recovered screened material $2.50 per load* NOTE: *To qualify for this rate, the recovered screened material must be generated when recycling construction and demolition debris and the recovered screened material must be suitable for use as initial daily cover in the County's Class I landfill, as determined by the County's Solid Waste Director. 2. Tonnage rates, applicable to all loads in excess of the minimums set forth in paragraph 1. a. Class Iwaste -all solid waste, except: yard waste, construction and demolition debris, septage, white goods, hazardous waste, tires, special waste and any solid waste that cannot be disposed of in the County's Landfill under an applicable federal, state or local regulation: Regular fee $41.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $82.00 per ton 2 b. Class III waste -construction and demolition debris, building materials, and packaging materials: Regular fee $19.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $38.00 per ton c. Yard Waste - vegetative matter resulting from landscaping, yard maintenance, and land clearing activities: Regular fee $26.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $52.00 per ton d. Whole tires: Minimum fee $0.80 per automobile tires smaller than 20" rim size for disposal of up to 5 automobile tires Tonnage rates, applicable for disposal of more than 5 automobile tires (less than 20" rim size): Regular fee $ 85.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $170.00 per ton e. Shredded or split tires: Regular fee $51.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $102.00 per ton f. Large tires: all tires 20" rim size and larger including float tires, truck tires and off-road tires: Regular fee g. White goods and other appliances: Secured fee Uncovered/Unsecured fee h. Clean Wood: NOTE: $300.00 per ton (No cover required) $2.50 per load $5.00 per load Regular fee $15.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $30.00 per ton Pressure treated wood and painted wood must be handled as Class I waste. i_ Single Stream Recyclable Materials: $55.00 per ton 3 NOTE: Single stream recyclable materials will only be accepted ~ from a hauler that has an exclusive franchise for the collection of the residential waste generated in the unincorporated areas of the County and L) when the County's Solid Waste Director determines it is in the public interest to accept such materials from a person or entity other than the County's exclusive franchisee. j_ Source Separated Food Waste $55.00 per ton NOTE: Source separated food waste will only be accepted from a hauler that has an exclusive franchise for the collection of the residential waste generated in the unincorporated areas of the County. k. Baling and Handling Fee for Recyclables: $8.00 per ton This rate only applies to the baling and handling of Recyclable Materials delivered by a hauler that has an exclusive franchise for the collection of the residential waste generated in the unincorporated areas of the County. 3. Special Wastes -wastes requiring special handling including but not limited to ashes, asbestos, and contaminated soils: Regular fee $ 70.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $140.00 per ton A minimum one ton fee will be charged for the disposal of all special wastes. 4. Spent fluorescent light bulbs: $.20 per bulb for St. Lucie County businesses $.40 per bulb for non-county businesses 5. Fees for weighing trucks at the Facility's scale house. Misc. Weight determination: $2.50 per weighing 6. Out of County Waste: The disposal of solid waste generated outside of St. Lucie County must be approved by the Solid Waste Director or his designee. SECTION B. Municipalities and approved operators shall pay the fees specified in Section A of this Resolution on a monthly basis, following their receipt of the County's bill for the use of the County's solid waste management facility. 4 SECTION C. All other users of the County's solid waste management facilities shall pay the fees specified in Section A of this Resolution when they deliver their solid waste or recyclable materials to the St. Lucie County Landfill, unless the user has entered into a Landfill Use Agreement with the County and posted the required security. SECTION D. Effective July 1, 2014, this Resolution shall repeal, supersede, and replace Resolution No. 13-026. SECTION E. All of the rates set out in this Resolution shall take effect on July 1, 2014. After a motion and second, the vote on this Resolution was as follows: Chair Frannie Hutchinson Vice Chair Paula A. Lewis Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky Commissioner Tod Mowery Commissioner Kim Johnson AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this ATTE~,ST: Deputy Clerk ~~ day of June 2014. BOARD OF LINTY CO SSIONERS ST. LUCIE LINTY, F ORID~- i BYE C air APPROVED ~ TO FORM A CORRECTNE S~ n . /~/ BY: 5 County A