HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-47 - Recycling Surcharge• RESOLUTION NO. 97- 47
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH MODIFYING A
RECYCLING SURCHARGE AND RESCINDING
RESOLUTION NO. 96-38.
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 surcharge 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
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• WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that approximately
40,000 tons of solid waste will be generated during Fiscal Year 1997 -98, that
the cost of collecting, hauling, recycling, and disposing of that amount of solid
waste would be $3,832,649, that the fees to be paid to CRT pursuant to the
Recycling Agreement will be $1,474,000, and that the additional cost
attributable solely to recycling is $568,730 and
WHEREAS, the City Council directed on August 12, 1996 after a review
of an extensive staff report to refund during FY 97 -98 $161,342 of recycling
surcharge revenue to FY 95 -96 users of the City refuse collection service. The
refund is associated with savings resulting from an extension of the recycling
contract.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the residential solid
waste stream collected by City personnel is generated by, at most, 26,420
• households. Accordingly, the additional costs incurred by the City in
conjunction with the recycling program can be recovered by imposing a
surcharge of $1.28 per month per household. This surcharge represents the
minimum amount the City could charge with the expectation of deferring all, or
substantially all, of its recycling expenses. The proposed amount also includes
a rebate of $0.51 per month related to above noted savings from FY 95 -96.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City CounQ 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 surcharge fee of $1.28 per month is hereby
imposed, effective July 1, 1997.
2. The recycling surcharge of $1.28 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
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supplied by the City of Newport Beach, the surcharge shall be the
• responsibility of the owner of the property; and
3. The recycling surcharge 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. 96 -38 is hereby rescinded.
ADOPTED this 9tiday of June 1997.
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ATTEST:
is CITY CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 97 -47, was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 9th day
of June, 1997, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: O'Neil, Thomson, Edwards, Hedges, Glover, Noyes, and Mayor Debay
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 10th day of June, 1997.
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City Clerk of the City of
Newport Beach, California