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HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.041-74RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves RESOLUTION NO. q / (Series of 1974) WHEREAS, reorganization of the Pitkin County Solid Waste Center appears to be in the public interest, inasmuch as it appears that: 1. The existing location has a great potential for becoming a model solid waste center; 2. The projected County wasteloading is estimated to be 37 tons per day in 1975, rising to 150 tons per day in 1990, assuming a maximum population growth rate not to exceed 7% per annum and a resultant equivalent daily population of 28,250 people or 157 tons per day in 1990, whichever is less; 3. The County has obtained a comprehensive, well analyzed management and operational plan for the solid waste center from Briscoe-Maphis, Inc., in order to permit the County through good management practices to utilize said solid waste center side for twenty years in order to accommodate the aforesaid waste loading; 4. The adoption of the model management and system practices recommended in said report (as herein modified) will permit such solid waste loading, including appropriate margins for error to be accommodated in a sound fashion; 5. Section 36-23-16, C.R.S. 1963, as amended, authorizes counties to finance such operation by ad valorem property taxation of/ and by user service charges; 6. A public hearing was held by the County upon appropriate notice to consider said plan and the adoption of user fees, and comments concerning modifications of the RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves plan and fees were made and are generally incorporated herein. 7. The City of Aspen is authorized to act in association with the County to establish and operate an approved site or facility as the City and County may agree to, under the provisions of C.R.S. 1963, as amended, § 36-23-8(2), and Section 13.5 of the Aspen City Charter, but any such agreement, by provision of said Section 13.5, must be made by resolution of the City Council. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO: 1. herein, management standards for the solid waste center site, and specifically the recommendations listed within Section III of said plan. 2. User Fee Schedule. That the user fee schedule designed to make said management operation self-sustaining from user fees without application of government subsidy, as amended after said County public hearing, is included below, such fee schedule to become effective commencing on the first day of January 1975. Said user fee schedule shall be reviewed at least Adoption of Management Plan. That the Briscoe-Maphis Management Plan, as modified is adopted as setting forth appropriate minimum once each year. USER FEE SCHEDULE Refuse Compactor Trucks $ 0.75 per cubic yard of rated capacity 1.00 each 1.50 each Automobile or Station Wagon ½ ton pickup trucks - 2 - RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves Ail other trucks, pickups and trailers Appliances (refrigerators, stoves, Auto bodies Dead Animals (over 100 pounds) Sanitation Grit and Solids etc.) $ .50 per loose cubic yd. of volume 1.00 each 5.00 paid to depositor 1.50 each 5.00 per truck Any of the following items, if segregated and delivered to the site will be accepted without charge: Clear glass Colored glass Scrap lumber and wood materials Aluminum containers and materials Non-aluminum containers and materials Newsprint and other non-finished paper products NOTES: A charge will be assessed to septic tank haulers based upon the amount itemized by the low bid contract accepted by the County for landfill management and operation. Ail other categories of waste shall be charged on a negotiated fee basis. Chemical, toxic, radioactive, and all other categories of hazardous waste are not to be disposed of at this site without written consent from the County Engineer. REVENUE - EXPENDITURE ESTIMATE A. Quantity Assumption (Major Categories) 1. Commercial Compactor Trucks 140 C.Y./Day 2. Construction & Miscellaneous wastes 70 C.Y./Day 3. Pickup Trucks 4. Auto & Station Watons *B. Anticipates Revenue (Categories) 1. 365 x $0.75 x 140 $38,325 2. 365 x 0.50 x 70 12,775 3. 365 x 1.50 x 20 10,950 4. 365 x 1.00 x 10 3,650 Total 20 C.Y./Day 10 C.Y./Day $ 65,700 - 3 - RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves C. Upset Expenditures Per Year 1. Operational a. **County Personnel b. Landfill Operator ($4200/month) 2. Capital $15,000 50,400 a. Roads 10,000 b. Signs 1,000 c. Power and lights 9,000 d. Fencing 6,000 e. Gatehouse 4,000 Amortized over 5 years $65,400 $30,000 6,000 7~,400 *No revenue is indicated for the miscellaneous categories such as auto bodies, white goods, salvage, re-cycle, etc. **Subject to approval of the City and County Managers. 3. Resource Recycling That resource recycling as a goal is made a part hereof and approved as a modification of the Solid Waste Center management program, and that the County Engineer is authorized to make appropriate reductions in user fees for segregated waste products likely to be recycled or reclaimed, and that the County Engineer is authorized to experiment with and adopt programs encouraging environmental conservation providing said programs do not incur a financial liability nor cause the solid waster center to operate at a loss. 4. Solid Waster Center Management Officer The County Engineer is hereby designated as the person to be responsible to the Board of County Commissioners and City Council of the City of Aspen for management of the Waste Center, and is authorized to obtain necessary bids from third parties for performing all or any part of the management activities. The award of any such contract shall be made by the Board of County Commissioners and the Aspen City Council. --4-- RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves 5. County Finance Officer. The County Finance Officer shall annually prepare an operating budget, a capital improvement budget, an anticipated revenue estimate and shall monitor the financial operations of the solid waste center, filing a report at least once each quarter with the City Manager and the County Manager. 6. Recognition of Name C.han~e. That the Pitkin County Dump is hereby renamed, recognized and referred to as the "Pitkin County Solid Waste Center". 7. Time Limitation. This resolution shall be effective through December 31, 1975, and will require review for revisions and changes by the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners and the City of Aspen City Council before said resolution is extended beyond said date. 8. City-County Responsibility. In support of this resolution between the City of Aspen and Pitkin County concerning the use and management of the solid waste center, the City and County each agree to pay (quarterly) one half of the net expense of said operation, the net expense to be computed each quarter as the difference between expenditures and receipts, but the City of Aspen is limited to a maximum liability of $12,000 for calendar year 1975. If a profit is realized, it shall be shared equally be~city anb~nty' ~ ff ~/ Sta~; Stan~ley, III/ I.~/~/-~~~ , d~y appointed a~acti~g ~) City Clerk do hereby cert%fy that the foregoin~ resolution was adopted bM the Aspen City Council at its meeting held -~-w~ // ~ /(~e~ City Clerk