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Council Meeting: May 12, 1992
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TO: Mayor and City council
FROM: City staff
SUBJECT: Resolution Increasing the Santa Monica Solid Waste
Transfer Station Dump Fees for Licensed Private Haulers
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends that City Council adopt the attached
resolution increasing transfer station fees for licensed private
haulers from $38 per ton to $48 per ton to reflect increased
landfill disposal costs.
BACKGROUND
On October 15, 1990, the city imposed a dump fee rate increase on
the licensed private refuse haulers who use the City Transfer
station. since that time, two primary L.A. Basin Landfills have
ceased their operations: Azusa Landfill closed in February 1991,
and Sunshine Canyon Landfill closed in October 1991.
Prior to
their closures, these two landfills handled 12,000 tons of refuse
per day.
The net effect of these closures has been increased
pressure on the six remaining landfills in the area. The
permitted daily capacity of these remaining landfills has not
been correspondingly increased.
The City of Santa Monica has therefore experienced an increase in
the tipping fees at the three principal landfills which the city
uses (Puente Hills, Spadra, and BKK).
In addition, due to the
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increased concentration of haulers, frequent closures of the dump
can be expected once permitted capacity for the day is reached.
When this occurs, City trucks must be re-directed to other
landfills or, occasionally, must return to the City Yards until
the following day.
other cost factors have impacted the Solid Waste Fund during the
past 18 months, including vehicle maintenance and fuel costs,
wage/benefit increases, and expanded costs associated with the
city's Hazardous Waste Management Program and administrative
implementation of state Legislation (AB 939). AB 939 directs all
cities to develop a formal plan and operational strategies to
divert 25% of current Solid Waste volume by 1995, and 50% by the
year 2000.
The City of Santa Monica has adopted an aggressive Solid Waste
Management Program in order to meet this environmental challenge
which includes its recent implementation of a volume-based refuse
rate structure to pass the "true cost" of refuse disposal through
to the refuse customers.
The proposed change in the Transfer
station dump fee is consistent with the concept of more equitable
volume-based rates.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
With approval of the proposed rates, increased revenues in the
amount of $21,000 (1400 tons x $10.00 per month x 1.5 months ~
$21,000) are expected to be collected in Solid Waste revenue
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account no. 27-500-441-00000-0151-00000 during the FY 1991-92.
The full impact during the next fiscal year is projected to be
$168,000.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached
resolution increasing the Santa Monica Transfer station dump fees
from $38 per ton to $48 per ton effective May 18, 1992.
prepared by: stan Scholl, Director of General Services
James Buell, Maintenance Manager
Tom Dever, Solid Waste superintendent
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RESOLUTION NO. 8407(CCS)
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA SETTING THE
FEE FOR DEPOSIT OF REFUSE BY
LICENSED PRIVATE HAULERS AT THE
CITY'S TRANSFER STATION
WHEREAS, Municipal Code Section 5223(a) allows fees for
depositing refuse at the City refuse transfer station to be set
by Resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Director of General Services may deterine
whether licensed private refuse haulers primarily serving Santa
Monica businesses may use said transfer station; and
WHEREAS, the Solid Waste Management superintendent
determines daily whether said transfer station may be used by
licensed private haulers and bases this decision on available
capacity and the order in which requests are received,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
The fees for licensed private refuse
haulers to deposit refuse at the City refuse transfer station
shall be Forty Eight Dollars ($48.00) per ton.
SECTION 2.
The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this ReSOlution, and thenceforth and thereafter the
same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
city Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 26th day of May, 1992.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 8407(CCS)
was duly adopted by the city Council of the City of Santa Monica
at a m.eeting thereof held on May 26, 1992 by the following
council vote:
Ayes:
Councilmentbers:
Abdo, Genser, Holbrook, Olsen,
Vazquez, Zane
Noes: Councilmentbers:
None
Abstain: Councilmentbers:
None
Absent: Councilmentbers:
Katz
ATTEST:
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