Chapter 8.14
GARBAGE PASS-THROUGH FEE

Sections:

8.14.010    Levied.

8.14.020    Rate.

8.14.030    Remittance of fees.

8.14.040    Interlocal agreements.

8.14.050    Violations and penalties.

8.14.010 Levied.

There is levied, and shall be collected, a solid waste pass-through fee in the form of a per-ton tipping fee established by the council upon every person or persons, company, corporation or contractor that disposes of their refuse and garbage at privately owned incinerator sites or privately owned landfill sites open for public use. (Ord. 87-17 § 1).

8.14.020 Rate.

This chapter shall establish a per-ton tipping fee to generate $150,000 per year from garbage collection and disposal activities. Initially, the rate will fall within the range of $3.00 per ton to $12.00 per ton depending on interlocal agreement endorsement. The revenue requirements and rate will be adjusted in the future subject to council approval, as costs and factors affecting revenue become known. (Ord. 87-17 § 2).

8.14.030 Remittance of fees.

A. The fee or fees shall be collected by the company or companies that own or operate incinerator facilities and landfill sites open for public use within Whatcom County including, but not limited to Thermal Reduction Corporation and the Olivine Corporation; provided, that said corporations shall enter into contractual agreements with Whatcom County for the purpose of collecting the pass-through fee or fees. The companies or corporations, upon approval of such agreements, shall pay to the county, upon a monthly basis, the total amount of fees collected. The fees collected shall be paid to the county no later than 10 days following the end of the preceding month. The remittance shall be accompanied by a form to be provided and prescribed by the county treasurer.

B. The county treasurer shall, in accordance with RCW 70.95.215, deposit the funds received into a new reserve fund to be available for transfer to the solid waste reserve fund, to provide for closure and post-closure costs related to solid waste disposal facilities or transferred to the solid waste fund to reimburse costs related to leachate control, ground water monitoring, recycling programs and solid waste planning and administration. (Ord. 87-17 § 3).

8.14.040 Interlocal agreements.

The pass-through fees collected shall be from the users in the unincorporated areas of Whatcom County; provided, that in accordance with RCW Chapter 39.34 the county may enter into an interlocal agreement with any city or town within Whatcom County which has previously utilized or caused to be utilized any of the presently or previously used landfill sites within Whatcom County for the disposal of refuse and garbage to allow Whatcom County to collect the pass-through fee to ensure adequate resources for proper closure of presently and previously used landfill sites. (Ord. 87-17 § 4).

8.14.050 Violations and penalties.

Any person, persons or contractors who dispose of refuse or garbage at the Thermal Reduction Corporation and Olivine Corporation incinerator facilities or privately owned landfill sites open to the public or other sites or facilities that may be designated now or in the future by the county council who fails or refuses to pay the established pass-through tipping fee when due shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 87-17 § 6).