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Home My WebLink About18-043RESOLUTION NO. 18-043 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CERTAIN FEES, CHARGES, AND BILLING PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE USE OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY GLADES ROAD LANDFILL AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES; REPEALING AND SUPERSEDING RESOLUTION NO. 16-035, AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS NO. 17-109 and 17-171; 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, including yard waste and waste tires. 2. Resolution No. 16-035 established the "tipping fees" (i.e., disposal fees) and charges that the County bills and collects for receiving, processing, disposing of or otherwise managing various types of solid waste and recyclable materials at the County's Facility. Resolution No. 16-035 was amended by Resolutions No. 17-109 and 17-171. The Board now wishes to (a) revise the tipping fees for waste tires, (b) revise the tipping fees for construction and demolition debris, and (c) create separate tipping fees for land clearing debris. All of these changes will take effect on May 1, 2018. 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 receiving, processing, disposing of, and otherwise managing solid waste and recyclable materials at the County's Facility. The fees, charges, billing procedures, and other provisions set forth in Sections A, B, C, and D, below, are necessary for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare, and thus they are in the public interest. 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. 1 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 that are larger than the minimum sizes described in Section A.1, above. a. Class I waste - all solid waste, except: construction and demolition debris; yard waste; tires; white goods; clean wood; special waste; spent fluorescent light bulbs; other materials for which the County has adopted a specific fee; and any solid waste or other material that cannot be disposed of in the County's Landfill under an applicable federal, state, or local law or regulation, including but not limited to hazardous waste and septage: Regular fee $41.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $82.00 per ton b. Construction and demolition debris — discarded materials from the construction, renovation, or demolition of a structure, including associated building and packaging materials: Regular fee $32.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $64.00 per ton C. Yard Waste — vegetative matter resulting from landscaping and yard maintenance activities on residential property: Regular fee $26.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $52.00 per ton 2 NOTE: The fee for yard waste shall be charged when such waste is delivered by a customer pursuant to an exclusive franchise agreement with the County or a municipality located within the County. d. Land Clearing Debris — yard waste and large pieces of woody material, including trees, tree trunks, roots, root balls, and large branches: Regular fee $45.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $90.00 per ton NOTE: The fee for Land Clearing Debris shall be charged when such debris is delivered by a customer that is not delivering the debris pursuant to an exclusive franchise agreement with the County or a municipality located within the County. e. Whole tires: f 9. and off-road tires: h 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 Uncovered fee/Unsecured Shredded or split tires: Regular fee Uncovered fee/Unsecured $105.00 per ton $210.00 per ton $51.00 per ton $102.00 per ton Large tires: all tires 20" rim size and larger including float tires, truck tires Regular fee White goods and other appliances: Secured fee Uncovered/Unsecured fee 9 $300.00 per ton (No cover required) $2.50 per load $5.00 per load 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. Single Stream Recyclable Materials: $55.00 per ton 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 (Z) 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. k. 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. !. Baling and Handling Fee for Rec clables: $8.00 per ton NOTE: 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 0 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: $0.20 per bulb for St. Lucie County businesses $0.40 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 bili 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 May 1, 2018, this Resolution shall repeal, supersede, and replace Resolution No. 16-035, as amended by Resolution 17-109 and Resolution 17-171. SECTION E. All of the rates and provisions in this Resolution shall take effect on May 1, 2018. 5 After a motion and second, the vote on this Resolution was as follows: Chair Frannie Hutchinson oJ��y AYE Vice Chair Linda Bartz AYE Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky AYE Commissioner Anthony Bonna NAY Commissioner Cathy Townsend AYE PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 20th day of March, 2018. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ATTEST: ST, E C TY, FLOR FYA BY- Deputy#eW Chair CO G Z M Ic G�r0c�VNTY, F1�4a`Q* 11 APPROVE AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS• BY: Co my A . o ey