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ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING SOLID WASTE FEES FOR 2017.
Presented by: Lorien Showalter Arie, Senior Budget Analyst.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the Resolution.
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Background: State law (K.S.A. 65-3410) authorizes the Board of County Commissioners to impose solid waste fees to defray the costs of planning and administering solid waste collection and disposal programs. If the Commission chooses to do so, the law requires the fee be imposed by resolution prior to July 1 for imposition in the subsequent year.
Sedgwick County first imposed solid waste fees in fiscal year 2000 and has done so in each subsequent fiscal year. Since 2003, the fee has funded household hazardous waste operations, waste minimization programs and general administrative support. The fee has been used to fund various special projects, such as the Trash Coupon Program from 2011-2014. In 2017, the fee will continue to fund clean-up of illegal dumping sites, storm debris in unincorporated parts of the County, and five remote waste collection events. Additional programs planned for 2017 include continuation of the Bulky Waste Coupon Program, a waste tire roundup event, special clean-up events (including townships, improvement districts, notice-of-violation cases, and hoarding cases), and clean-up of storm events as needed. In each year, the fee has been less than $10 annually for all classes of property owners.
The fee varies according to property classifications, with residential property owners paying a fixed amount per dwelling unit and owners of commercial, industrial, agricultural, and other classes of property paying amounts based on the waste generation characteristics of their business. The fee is structured to recover the full cost of specified solid waste services, with each customer group (residential and nonresidential property owners) paying aggregate fee totals based on the estimated share of service benefit they could receive. The County has chosen to im...
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