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Home My WebLink AboutBIL 036 Draft 07 2002-2004 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 36 DRAFT 7 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20, OF THE HAWAI'1 COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELAT[NG TO REFUSE FEE SCHEDULE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAFL SECTION 1. This bill seeks to more accurately charge for costs incurred by the Solid Waste Division in providing necessary services to lawfully dispose of refuse. The Update to the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan complies with state mandates of waste reduction and provides a path to provide solid waste disposal services for all, once the Hilo landfill closes. Implementation of the plan will require capital improvements, new equipment, maintenance of existing equipment, as well as new habits. The County seeks a healthy tourist economy that requires intelligent and efficient solid waste management and disposal. Presently, the General Fund subsidy is substantial. Adoption of these changes will reduce the Solid Waste Division's dependence on the General Fund as well as provide the groundwork for implementation of the updated plan. SECTION 2. Chapter 20, Article 4, Sections 46, 47, and 49 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition) is amended to read as follows: Article 4. Solid Waste Fees. Section 20-46. Disposal fees. (a) Any refuse, except for prohibited materials, delivered by a business, Federal or State agency, religious entity, nonprofit organization or private citizen to the working face of a County landfill shall be charged by the ton or fraction thereof at rates as set forth herein. (b) In addition to the per ton charge or volume charge, items which cannot be disposed in the working face of the landfill in accordance with usual disposal practices or which require special handling and/or arrangements by landfill personnel shall be assessed a special handling charge at rates as set forth herein. Such items shall include but may not be limited to asbestos and confidential document destruction or other disposal requiring a witness. Whole tires will not be accepted at any County landfill. All wire or cable must be cut to four-foot lengths prior to disposal at any County landfill or transfer station. (c) Administrative rules shall provide partial credit to commercial haulers for residential waste. The amount of the credit shall be no less than two dollars per month for each single family household from which the hauler collects refuse, provided the hauler's account is current. The annual credit shall be equal to the landfill disposal fee multiplied by 1.5 (one and one-halfl tonsperyear per single family household. The residential credit shall not exceed the total landfill tipping fees charged to the residential hauler for the month for which the credit is being claimed. Commercial haulers who claim this credit shall provide docwnentation to the Solid Waste Division including customer name, mailing address, and service address for each credit claimed. Claims for the residential credit must be submitted on or before the last day of the month following the month for which the credit is being claimed and the hauler's account must be current for the credit to be applied. Names, mailing addresses, and service addresses of customers of residential haulers are subject to the disclosure limitations in Section 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (d) The mayor, with the approval of the council, may temporarily rescind the solid waste disposal fees for Up t0 a one-week period. (e) On or before January 1, 2004, there shall be an analysis of past and projected e~enses in the Solid Waste Division. Factors to consider include, but are not limited to, capital improvementprojects and any debt service for those projects, labor rates and any contractual obligations, equipment replacement and depreciation, and diversion programs. Estimates shall also be considered for total disposal expenses for businesses, Federal or State agencies, religious entities, nonprofit organizations or private citizens as compared to expenses for single family household disposal at the island-wide solid waste transfer stations. The analysis wilt be done on an annual basis through January 1, 2007. (1994, Ord. No. 94-87, sec. 6; Am. 1995, Ord. No. 95-41, sec. 2; Am. 1996, Ord. Nos. 96-21, sec. 2 and 9G 45, sec. 2.) Section 20-47. Collection of fees. (a) All charges shall be collected by the solid waste division of the department. Billings shall be made monthly. Payments are due before the end of the month following the month in which charges are incurred. A finance charge of 1.5 percent monthly (annual rate of eighteen percent) shall be charged on all balances which are sixty or more days overdue. In addition to this, access to County solid waste facilities may be denied until the account is current. 994, Ord. No. 94-87, sec. 6; Am. 1997, Ord. No. 97-46 sec. 1.) Section 20-48. Solid waste fund designation. (a) There is hereby created and established a special fund to be known as the "Solid Waste Fund." (b) All funds received from the collection of fees authorized by this chapter shall be deposited with the director of finance and shall be accounted for and be known as the "Solid Waste Fund" and shall be expended for the purpose of operating, maintaining and administering the County's solid waste management, collection and disposal systems. (1994, Ord. No. 94-87, sec. 6.) Section 20-49. Fee schedule. (a) Charge rates shall be established as follows: (1) Landfill Disposal. (A)Rate by weight: [$35] Dollars per ton prorated accordingly. Year beginning on July 1 of each calendar year. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 45 $55 65 75 85 (B) When and if it is impossible or impractical due to power outage, disaster- related issues or other to determine an accurate weight, [R]rates by vehicle size and volume shall be used: TYPE I: Light trucks or other vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds with no more than three cubic yards of refuse [........$24.00 per truck] charged as dollars per truck. ear be innin on Jul 1 of each calendar ear. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 27.00 33.00 39.00 45.00 51.00 TYPE Il: Medium trucks or other vehicles with a gross vehicle weight from 10,000 pounds to 19,999 pounds with no more than six cubic yards of refuse $48.00 per truck] charged as dollars per truck. Year beginning on July 1 of each calendar vear. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 56.00 6$ 6.00 76.00 $86.00 96.00 TYPE III: Large trucks or other vehicles with a gross vehicle weight from 20,000 pounds to 25,999 pounds with no more than nine cubic yards of refuse [....$72.00 per truck] charged as dollars per truck. Year beginningon Julv 1 of each calendar vear. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 81.00 99.00 117.00 $135.00 153.00 TYPE IV:.All other trucks or vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds including commercial refuse hauling trucks or all other vehicles not qualifying as a Type I, [I, or III: 1. Compacted[ .................$12.(10] Dollars per cubic yard Year beginnin on Julv 1 of each calendar vear. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 15.00 18.00 21.00 24.00 27.00 2. Not compacted[ ...............$8.00] Dollars per cubic yard Year be ig nnin og n July 1 of each calendar vear. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~9 11 13 15 $17 (2) Special Handling: [Fifty ($50)] Eighty-five ($85) dollars per truck load or fraction thereof. SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect July 1, 2003. INTRODUCED BY: COUN I ME BER, COUNTY OF HAWAII Hilo, Hawaii Date of [ntroduction: Date of 1" Reading: Date of 2°d Reading: Effective Date: REFERENCE: Comm. 75.15