HomeMy WebLinkAbout12743 - Reserve Fund ResolutionBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS COUNTY
STATE OF WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO.________________
Resolution Authorizing Reimbursement from the Ryegrass Balefill
Post-Closure Reserve for Documented Post-Closure Costs
WHEREAS: The Kittitas County Board of Commissioners is responsible for managing the countywide
Solid Waste System under chapter 70A.205 RCW, chapter 36.58 RCW, and the Joint Solid Waste
Disposal System Agreement of March 12, 1979; and
WHEREAS: The Ryegrass Balefill Landfill is a closed municipal solid waste landfill subject to
continuing post-closure monitoring, maintenance, reporting, and financial assurance requirements under
chapter 173-351 WAC and Agreed Order No. DE98-SW-C168; and
WHEREAS: RCW 70A.205.165 requires financial assurance adequate to cover landfill closure costs,
including post-closure monitoring, pollution prevention measures, and other procedures required by state
and federal regulations; and
WHEREAS: WAC 173-351-600 requires continuous financial assurance for the costs of post-closure
care and permits a municipal corporation to maintain that assurance through cash and investments
accumulated in a reserve fund restricted for post-closure care; and
WHEREAS: Kittitas County has maintained funds restricted for Ryegrass Balefill Landfill post-closure
obligations while also paying eligible post-closure monitoring, reporting, testing, financial assurance
support, and related compliance costs from Solid Waste operating revenues; and
WHEREAS: Parametrix completed a cost allocation review dated August 12, 2026,
which identified $387,209.89 in supportable Ryegrass Balefill Landfill post-closure costs paid by the
County based on records reviewed to date; an
WHEREAS: The Board finds that reimbursing the Solid Waste operating fund for those documented
expenditures is an appropriate use of the Ryegrass Balefill post-closure reserve, provided that the
reimbursement is limited to eligible post-closure costs and that the remaining financial assurance
continues to satisfy applicable law, the approved post-closure plan, and permit requirements;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: The Board of County Commissioners authorizes reimbursement
to the appropriate Solid Waste operating fund from funds designated for Ryegrass Balefill Landfill post -
closure care, as documented in the Parametrix memorandum dated August 12, 2026.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: The Solid Waste Director is authorized to take the necessary
administrative and accounting actions to carry out this resolution in accordance with applicable County
requirements.
Dated this _____ day of September, 2026
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY WASHINGTON
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Brett Wachsmith, Chairman
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Laura Osiadacz, Vice Chairman
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Commissioner
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
☐ Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik
☐ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz