HomeMy WebLinkAbout93-51 - Recycling Service FeeRESOLUTION NO. 93- 51
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH MODIFYING A RECYCLING SERVICE
FEE AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 92-70.
• 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
36,000 tons of solid waste will be generated during fiscal year 1993-94, that
the cost of collecting, hauling, recycling, and disposing of that amount of
solid waste would be $3,339,063, that the fees to be paid to CRT pursuant
• to the Recycling Agreement will be $ 1,350,720, and that the additional cost
attributable solely to recycling is $563,724 and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the residential solid
waste stream collected by City personnel is generated by, at most, 26,325
households. Accordingly, the additional costs incurred by the City in
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conjunction with the recycling program can be recovered by imposing a
fee of $ 1.78 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, by the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach as follows:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2.30 of the Newport
Beach Municipal Code, a recycling service fee of $1.78 per month is
hereby imposed, effective August 1, 1993.
2. The recycling service fee of $1.78 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
3. 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 absent a recycling
program.
4. Resolution No. 92 -70 is hereby rescinded.
ADOPTED this 26th day of _ July 1993
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK