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Home My WebLink About25-028 RESOLUTION NO. 25-028 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. 18-260; 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. 18-260 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. The Board now wishes to revise the tipping fees for Class I waste and other materials that are received at the Facility. 3. The changes to the tipping fees in Resolution No. 18-260 are shown in Section A, below. More specifically, the new tipping fees and text are underlined (underlined) in Section A. The fees that are being changed are stricken (stricken). All of the other tipping fees and provisions in Section A, below, are the same as the tipping fees and provisions in Resolution No. 18-260. 4. 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, D, and E, 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. Automobiles and utility vehicles: Regular fee $10.00 5,00 per load Uncovered/Unsecured $20.00 10.00 per load b. Vans, trucks, including open bed pick-up trucks,trailers: Regular fee $10.00 8,08 per load Uncovered fee/Unsecured $20.00 16.00 per load c. Recovered screened material $10.00 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. This rate may be applied to other materials if the Director determines that such material is suitable for use as alternate initial cover. 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; land clearing debris; tires; white goods; clean wood; glass; 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 $79.00'19.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $158.00 $98.00 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 $69.00 32.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $138.00 $64.00 per ton c. Yard Waste — vegetative matter resulting from landscaping and yard maintenance activities on residential property: Regular fee $69.00 3400 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $138.00 $60.00 per ton 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 $69.00/15.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $138.00 $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: Minimum fee $5.00 2.00 per automobile tire,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 $150.00 105.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $300.00 $210 per ton f. Shredded or split tires: Regular fee $150.00 51.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $210.00 102.00 per ton g. Large tires: all tires 20" rim size and larger including float tires,truck tires and off-road tires: Regular fee $320.00 300.00 per ton (No cover required) h. White goods, other appliances and scrap metal: Secured fee $3.00$2,50 per load Uncovered/Unsecured fee $6.00$$5-.00 per load Clean Wood: Regular fee $25.00 15.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $50.00 $30.00 per ton NOTE: Pressure treated wood and painted wood must be handled as Class I waste. j. Single Stream Recyclable Materials: $39.00 55.00 per ton NOTE: Single stream recyclable materials will only be accepted from: jjf€ e a hauler that has an exclusive franchise for the collection of the residential waste generated in the unincorporated areas of the Countyj.a-Rd (2) a city, county, or other entity that has an interlocal agreement(ILA) authorizing the entity to deliver recyclable materials to the Facility; and (3) a person or entity other than the County's exclusive franchisee or ILA partner 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. Glass $25.00 8.50 per ton NOTE: The Solid Waste Director or his designee shall determine whether a customer may deliver glass and the quantity that will be accepted from the customer. Baling and Handling Fee for Recyclables: $8.00 per ton NOTE: This rate 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. This rate also applies to the baling and handling of Recyclable Materials , opted by the County pursuant to an interlocal agreement, unless the agreement 3. Special Wastes -wastes requiring special handling including but not limited to ashes; asbestos, and contaminated soils: Regular fee $100.00 70.00 per ton Uncovered fee/Unsecured $200.00140.00 per ton A minimum one ton fee will be charged for the disposal of all special wastes. 4. Spent fluorescent light bulbs: $1.00 0,20 per bulb for St. Lucie County businesses $1.00 0,48 per bulb for non-county businesses 5. Propane Tanks: $3.00 2.50 per tank less than 20 lbs. $5.00 per tank greater than 20 lbs. but less than 40 lbs. $7.00 per tank greater than 40 lbs. and up to 100 lbs. 6. Fire Extinguishers and Oxygen Cylinders $5.00 per tank 7. Fees for weighing trucks at the Facility's scale house. Misc. Weight determination: $10.00 per weighing 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. All of the rates and fees herein will increase automatically, without any further action by the Board, starting January 1, 2027 and each odd-numbered year thereafter, by a percentage that is equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the prior two years. SECTION B. Municipalities and other approved users of the County's solid waste management facilities 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 February 1, 2025,this Resolution shall repeal, supersede, and replace Resolution No. 18-260. SECTION E. All of the new rates and provisions in this Resolution shall take effect on February 1, 2025, except for the rate for the disposal of propane tanks, which shall take effect on the date of this resolution. After a motion and second, the vote on this Resolution was as follows: Commissioner Jamie Fowler, Chair XXX Commissioner Larry Leet, Vice Chair XXX Commissioner James Clasby XXX Commissioner Erin Lowry XXX Commissioner Cathy Townsend XXX PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this day of January, 2025. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ATTEST:ST� ST. LUCIE COUNTY, LORI "Cr '� y GOMM�s S Deputy Clerk • O�� 'Oi. hair • •'fG " �r' ' a� APPROVED A TO FORM A c�F couNri.`-°.) CORRECTNESS: i BY: i /Sill County Attornr