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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />COUNTY OF KITTITAS COUNTY <br />STATE OF WASHINGTON <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO.________________ <br /> <br />Resolution Authorizing closure of the Limited Purpose Landfill <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, and <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, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: The Ryegrass Limited Purpose Landfill is reaching its permitted elevations and capacity <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS: The cost to permit and expand the Limited Purpose Landfill without the use of the <br />alternative design under WAC 173.350.400 (4)(C) will be cost prohibitive for our county as we do not <br />receive enough waste to amortize the capital cost to install the liners being required. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Board of County Commissioners direct the Solid Waste <br />Department to proceed with closing the Ryegrass Limited Purpose Landfill when it meets its permitted <br />elevations and capacity. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Dated this _____ day of September 2023 <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> KITTITAS COUNTY WASHINGTON <br /> <br /> <br /> ____________________________________ <br /> Cory Wright, Chairman <br /> <br /> <br /> ____________________________________ <br /> Brett Wachsmith, Vice Chairman