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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS COUNTY <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br />RESOLUTION NO.________________ <br />Resolution Setting Fees for Solid Waste Disposal <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 />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 />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 />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 />WHEREAS: It has been determined that a fee increase is needed due to increased disposal costs <br />associated with septage management increase and the increase in operation costs. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of County Commissioners does hereby adopt <br />the following Fee Schedule. Effective November 1, 2026. <br />*MSW Tipping Fee $179.00per ton <br />$ 11.00 minimum <br />*Yard Waste $ 96.00 per ton <br />$ 8.00 minimum <br />*Contaminated yard waste will be charged as MSW rate. <br />*Construction /Demolition Waste <br />At Ryegrass Landfill $ 17.00 per yard <br />Dirt at Ryegrass <br />with testing certification $ 9.00 per yard <br />Concrete Maximum size 2’x2’x6” $ 20.00 per yard <br />At Ellensburg Transfer Station $ 93.00 per ton <br /> $ 8.00 minimum <br /> At Cle Elum Transfer Station $113.00 per ton <br />$ 8.00 minimum <br />*Dump trucks with over a ton with an account must haul direct to Ryegrass <br />Appliances with CFC Refrigerants $ 38.00 per appliance + weight <br />Liquid Waste $ 0.33 per gallon (NEW) <br />Tires <br />DR <br />A <br />F <br />T