2025-01-14-minutes-solid-waste-and-maintenance

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• Primary Functions. The Company shall perform primary functions including but not limited to directing customers, assisting customers, supervising unloading of material, consolidating material, loading material, and hauling material off -site in accordance with contract and applicable law. • Operating and maintaining the Upper County Transfer Station, including the hauling of leachate from the transfer station to the Ryegrass landfill site on an as needed basis. • Operating and maintaining the Ellensburg Transfer Station, including the hauling of leachate from the transfer station to the Ryegrass landfill site on an as needed basis. • Loading Company vehicles and hauling Municipal Solid Waste from the Transfer Station to a permitted disposal site. • Disposal of the hauled Municipal Solid Waste at the permitted disposal site. • Loading Company vehicles and hauling of Yard Waste from the Upper County Transfer Station to the Compost Facility at the Ellensburg Transfer Station. • Loading of Company vehicles and hauling of IDDW from the Transfer Stations to the Ryegrass Landfill for disposal by the County. • Hauling recyclables in drop boxes for processing, or, if material are non -marketable and inert as determined by the County, for disposal or beneficial use at the Ryegrass Landfill. • Processing recyclables for reuse in commerce. The Company shall" provide and pay for all labor, benefits, taxes, fees; utilities, mobile equipment, and vehicles associated with its operations. The Company shall pay transfer station maintenance employees a minimum prevailing wage of $41.09 per hour ("General Laborer") as published by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. The Company shall be responsible for any landfill tipping fees including applicable taxes and host fees associated with the disposal of Municipal Solid Waste pursuant to this Agreement, except for fees incurred as a result of an unforeseen event, as defined in Section 16.B. b) Administration. The State of Washington has delegated the management of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to local government. The incorporated cities in Kittitas County have by agreement combined those responsibilities, and Kittitas County is the lead agency. The County's most recent Solid Waste Management Plan was adopted in 2010, and a new update is scheduled to be complete in 2020. The County has the responsibility and authority to administer the provisions of this Agreement. During the initial term of this Agreement, or any extended term approved by the County, the County will to the extent permitted by law maintain the requirement in its Solid Waste Management Plan that all MSW generated within the County or within the cities and towns in the County be delivered to one of the County Transfer Stations for handling and disposal in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. c) Transfer Station Operation. The Company agrees to operate the Upper County and Ellensburg Transfer Stations in compliance with local, state and federal regulations including compliance with permitting requirements, and according to the following: • Direct Customers. The Company shall direct customers to the proper locations once they are past the scale house. The County will only offer directions from the scale house.