DATE: April 17, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Second Hearing of Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees - Solid Waste
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Conduct second hearing and adopt Ordinance to amend Fresno County Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs Subsection 2801 of Section 2800 - Solid Waste and waive reading of the Ordinance in its entirety.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action would revise the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs based on the Department of Public Works and Planning costs to dispose of green waste. This item is Countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may direct staff to use current fees or propose alternative fees, which may not recover 100% of costs.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The proposed fee for green waste disposal has been calculated to recover 100% of the cost for disposal.
DISCUSSION:
The first hearing to amend the Master Schedule of Fees was held on April 3, 2018.
The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 required regional agencies to divert from disposal 50% of all solid waste through reduction, recycling, and composting. Under the act, solid waste landfills, such as American Avenue Disposal Site (AADS), were allowed to process green waste and use it as Alternative Daily Cover (ADC), which constituted diversion through recycling and was not considered disposal.
To be made suitable for use as ADC, staff at AADS would run approximately 60 tons of green waste received monthly through the County owned wood grinder. This proved to be costly due to the grinder's high fuel consumption and costly wear components.
On January 1, 2020, a more ambitious goal of 75% diversion will commence and Assembly Bill 1594 (Chapter 719, Statutes of 2014) will end the practice of using processed green waste as ADC and counting it as ...
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