HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-38 - Recycling Service FeeRESOLUTION NO. 2005- 38
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH MODIFYING A RECYCLING SERVICE
FEE AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2004 -55.
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 50% of the solid
waste stream by the end of 2000; 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 42,000 tons of
solid waste will be generated during Fiscal Year 2005 -06, that the cost of collecting,
hauling, recycling, and disposing of that amount of solid waste would be $5,778,079,
that the fees to be paid to CRT Inc. pursuant to the Recycling Agreement will be
$1,777,440 and that the additional cost attributable solely to recycling is $877,328; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the residential solid waste
stream collected by City personnel is generated by, at most, 27,700 households.
Accordingly, the additional costs incurred by the City in conjunction with the recycling
program can be recovered by imposing a recycling service fee of $2.93 per month on
persons receiving trash services from the City. This fee represents the minimum
amount the City could charge to recover the estimated reasonable cost to provide
recycling services for the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of City of Newport Beach
resolves as follows:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2.30 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code, a recycling service fee of $2.93 per month is hereby imposed, effective
July 1, 2005.
2. The recycling service fee 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 nor 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 solid waste.
4. Resolution No. 2004 -55 is hereby rescinded.
ADOPTED this 28" day of June, 2005.
AYES, COUNCIL MEMBERS selich, Rosansky, Webb
Ridgeway, Mayor Heffernan
NOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS Daigle
ABSENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS Nichols
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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. 2005 -38 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
28th day of June 2005, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Selich, Rosansky, Webb, Ridgeway, Mayor Heffernan
Noes: Daigle
Absent: Nichols
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 29th day of June 2005.
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City Clerk
Newport Beach, California