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<br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS COUNTY <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO.________________ <br /> <br />Resolution Setting Fees for Solid Waste Disposal <br /> <br />WHEREAS: The Kittitas County Board of Commissioners has the responsibility of managing the <br />countywide Solid Waste System under terms of the RCW 70A.205, RCW 36.58 and the Joint Solid Waste <br />Disposal System Agreement of March 12, 1979; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: The Joint Solid Waste Disposal System Agreement provides for the system to be <br />operated on user fees and that the County Board of Commissioners are obligated to set disposal rates as <br />necessary to cover expenses from user fees; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: RCW 36.58.040 allows for a County to have full jurisdiction and authority to manage, <br />regulate, maintain, utilize, operate, control and establish the rates and charges for those solid waste <br />handling systems, plants, sites, or other facilities <br /> <br />WHEREAS: RCW 36.58.020 allows the Board of County Commissioners to make such rules and <br />regulations as may be deemed necessary for the use and occupation of such sites and may provide for <br />the maintenance and care thereof. <br /> <br />WHEREAS: It has been determined that a fee increase is needed due to increased disposal costs <br />associated with Waste Management’s CPI increase and the increase in operation costs. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of County Commissioners does hereby adopt <br />the following Fee Schedule, effective October 1, 2025. The fee for secured loads will go into effect <br />October 1, 2025. This does not change any other rates not listed below, but currently charged by the <br />Solid Waste Department. <br /> <br /> *MSW Tipping Fee $179.00.00per ton (New) <br /> $ 11.00 minimum (New) <br /> <br /> *Yard Waste $ 96.00 per ton (New) <br /> $ 8.00 minimum <br /> *Contaminated yard waste will be charged as MSW rate. <br /> <br /> *Construction /Demolition Waste <br /> At Ryegrass Landfill $ 17.00 per yard (New) <br /> Dirt at Ryegrass with testing certification $ 9.00 per yard <br /> Concrete - Maximum size 2’x2’x6” $ 20.00 per yard <br /> <br /> At Ellensburg Transfer Station $ 93.00 per ton (New) <br /> $ 8.00 minimum <br /> At Cle Elum Transfer Station $113.00 per ton (New) <br /> $ 8.00 minimum <br /> *Dump trucks with over a ton that have an account must haul directly to Ryegrass <br /> <br /> Appliances with CFC Refrigerants $ 38.00 per appliance + weight (New) <br /> Liquid Waste $ .28 per gallon <br /> Tires <br /> Passenger Tires w/o Garbage $325.00 per ton (New) <br /> Passenger Tires with Garbage $ 4.00 per tire (New)