HomeMy WebLinkAbout90-47 - Recycling Service FeeRESOLUTION NO. 90 -47
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH IMPOSING A RECYCLING SERVICE
FEE.
WHEREAS, the State of California has determined that the
amount of solid waste generated in the State, coupled with the
• diminishing landfill space and the potential adverse environmental
impacts of landfilling, create an urgent need for State and Local
agencies to enact and implement aggressive new integrated waste
management programs; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature has mandated each City and County to
reduce the amount of solid waste disposed of in landfills by
recycling at least 25% of the solid waste stream; and
WHEREAS, the Newport Beach City Council has enacted an
ordinance which authorizes the imposition of a recycling service
fee subject to certain limitations; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has entered into a written
contract with CRT, Inc. pursuant to which the latter will accept
the City's waste stream, recycle at least 25% of the contents, and
transport the remaining waste to a disposal site approved by law.
The City Council has determined that contracting with a private
recycler represents the most economical way of satisfying recycling
requirements, will ensure that more waste is recycled than pursuant
to curbside programs which require resident's sorting of
recyclables, and is much less costly than acquiring the equipment
and hiring the personnel necessary to implement a curbside
recycling program; and
• WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that approximately
35,000 tons of solid waste will be generated during fiscal year
1990 -91 that, absent a recycling program, the cost of collecting,
hauling and disposing of that amount of solid waste would be
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$2,905,345.00, that the fees to be paid to CRT pursuant to the
Recycling Agreement will be $983,500.00, and that the additional
cost attributable solely to recycling is $244,200.00; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the residential
solid waste stream is generated by, at most, 35,000 households.
• Accordingly, the additional costs incurred by the City in
conjunction with the recycling program can be recovered by imposing
a fee of $.74 per month per household. This fee represents the
minimum amount the City could charge with the expectation of
deferring all or substantially all of its recycling expenses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, pursuant to the
provisions of Chapter 2.30 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code, a
recycling service fee of $.74 per month is hereby imposed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the recycling service fee of $.74
per month shall be the obligation of the person or persons
responsible for the payment of water service if water is supplied
to the property by the City of Newport Beach and, if water is not
supplied by the City of Newport Beach, the fee shall be the
responsibility of the owner of the property; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the recycling service fee shall
not be paid by persons or businesses whose rubbish is collected by
private haulers or shall any portion of the fee collected be used
to defray expenses that would be incurred by the City in
collecting, hauling and disposing of refuse and garbage absent a
recycling program.
ADOPTED, this 14th day of May , 1990
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