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Home My WebLink About16-035RESOLUTION NO. 16-035 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CERTAIN FEES, CHARGES, AND BILLING PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE USE OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY GLADES ROAD LANDFILL AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES; PROVIDING FOR DIFFERENT FEES AND CHARGES TO BE USED WHEN THEY ARE AUTHORIZED BY CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD; REPEALING AND SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION NO. 15-141 AND RESOLUTION NO. 16- 025; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida (the "Board"), finds: 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 August 8, 2015, the Board adopted Resolution No. 15-141, which established certain "tipping fees" (i.e., disposal fees) and charges that the County will bill and collect for processing, disposing of, or otherwise managing solid waste and recyclable materials at the County's Facility. The Board now wishes to amend Resolution No. 15-141 to allow different rates and charges to be used when such rates and charges are authorized in a contract that the Board has approved and adopted pursuant to a resolution. For example, the Board wishes to approve the rates and charges that are authorized in the County's "Fourth Amendment to Exclusive Residential Collection Service Agreement," which the Board has approved and adopted by resolution. 3. The fees, charges, and billing procedures established in Section A, below, are reasonable and appropriate — i.e., the rates fairly compensate the County for the services it provides when processing, disposing of, or otherwise managing 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 necessary for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare, and thus they in the public interest. 5. This resolution is identical to Resolution 15-141, except for the new provisions that have been added in Section A.7, below. The new provisions in this section are highlighted with underlining. 1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, that the following fees, charges, and other 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 I waste - 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 b. Construction and Demolition (C&D) - construction and demolition debris, building materials, and packaging materials: Regular fee $26.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $52.00 per ton 2 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 $300.00 per ton (No cover required) g. White goods and other appliances: Secured fee $2.50 per load Uncovered/Unsecured fee $5.00 per load h. Clean Wood: Regular fee $15.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $30.00 per ton NOTE: 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 (1) from a hauler that has an exclusive franchise for the collection of the residential waste generated in the unincorporated areas of the County and (2) 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. The Solid Waste Director or his designee shall determine which single stream facilities may deliver glass and the quantity that will be accepted from each facility. 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: $10.00 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. 7. Notwithstanding the other provisions contained herein, the County may charge rates that are different than the rates shown above if the different rates are authorized in a contract that has been approved and adopted by resolution of the Board. 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. 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 March 1, 2016, this Resolution shall repeal, supersede, and replace Resolution No. 15-141 and Resolution No. 16-025. SECTION E. All of the rates set out in this Resolution shall take effect on March 1, 2016. After a motion and second, the vote on this Resolution was as follows: Chairman Kim Johnson AYE Vice Chairman Chris Dzadovsky AYE Commissioner Tod Mowery AYE Commissioner Paula A. Lewis AYE Commissioner Frannie Hutchinson AYE PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 1st day of March, 2016. 01 J ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST. LUCIE COLJNTY, FLORIDl9( BY: Dep ty Clerk Chairma APPROVES TO FORM CORRECTNE S: BY: County