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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />Board of County Commissioners <br /> <br />AGENDA STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />AGENDA DATE: August 2, 2022 <br /> <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Request to set a public hearing to set a new fee schedule for <br />the Solid Waste. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The Kittitas County Board of Commissioners has the <br />responsibility of managing the countywide Solid Waste System <br />under terms of RCW 70.95, RCW 36.58 and the Joint Solid <br />Waste Disposal System Agreement of March 12, 1979. The <br />Joint Solid Waste Disposal System Agreement provides for the <br />system to be operated on user fees and that the County Board <br />of Commissioners are obligated to set disposal rates as <br />necessary to cover expenses from user fees. <br /> <br />The Solid Waste Disposal system includes two transfer <br />stations, two household hazardous waste facilities, a compost <br />facility, a limited purpose landfill and septage lagoons. <br /> <br />The Solid Waste Department contracts with Waste <br />Management to operate the tipping floors and for disposal of <br />the municipal solid waste. Waste Management also manages <br />our recycling and hauling of county CDL and yardwaste. In <br />accordance with the contract, Waste Management is allowed <br />an annual CPI increase. <br /> <br />In addition, this year the cost to operate our facilities has been <br />impacted by the increases in fuel and other operating supplies <br />which is also causing us to increase our fees as the Solid <br />Waste Department is an enterprise fund and needs to have full <br />cost recovery for services. <br /> <br />At this time, we would like to set a public hearing to adopt the <br />new fee schedule for the Solid Waste Department. <br /> <br /> <br />INTERACTION: Solid Waste <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: Set a Public hearing for August 16, 2022, at 2:00pm <br /> <br />HANDLING: Clerk to publish hearing notice <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: Hearing notice <br /> <br />LEAD STAFF: Patti Stacey <br />