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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
Crninty of Hawai 'i
73-J706llanumu P(nce, S'uiar f 09
Xailua-Xurm, Hawui'i 96740
January 18, ZUDS Y'iu fucsirnile: 961-8912
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1vfEMURANTIT fM~
T0: Gary Saf'arik, Chairman
and Members of the Hawaii County Council M
F1ZUM: Virginia Isbell, Council Membar -District 7 ~ ~ `l'
SUBJECT: Bill 18, Draft 3
Kcfuse Fee Schedule -Diversion Organics Landfill Charee
Attached please find testimony from a Kona resident- Please have this
communication numbered and circulated to all Council Members before the
January 21 Council meeting on 1'riday.
Attachment
Comm. No. 5
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Hawaii Coanry Is An Equal Opporluniry Provider rlxd Employer
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JANUARY 12, 2003
MRS. VLRCi1NlAISBELL
I wM WRITIIJG JJJ REGARD TO COUNTY BILL NO. 18 BEING INTRODUCED BY
BOB JACOBSON THAT PROPOSE5 CHANGES FOR "ALL COMML~ftC:IALLY
GENERATED GREENWASTE DELIVERED TO COUNTX DESIGNATED
(R!ffi{NWASTE STTES."
MY UNpBRSTANDING OF Tfi@ BILL IS THAT AS OF JLUY 1~, THE
~IwASTE COLLECTION SITES NOW AVAILABLE WILL BEGIN
CHARGING 25•A OF TIIE SOLID W ASTE TIPPING FEES STATED ON TIC
csARTS.
TAE MOST IMPORTANT ADDITION I FEEL THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO
THIS BILL IS THAT ALL USFRS OF TTY GRSBNWA5IE SITES MUST FAY THE
FEE, (NOT JUST COMbLERCIAL). ANY OTHER wAY WOULD CERTAINLY BE
UNFAIR TO BUSINESS. CONTINUING TO A[3.OW ~IOMEOWNERS AND
Uru.ICENSED GANI)IiNBRS To avMr FdR FREE woul.D ALSO cREATE
QUITE A BIT OF ANIMOSTJ'Y AND CHEATING.
MX' OTHER CONCERN ABOUT' BEGINNING TO CIiAR(B; POR THE MULCIIIrIG
OF QREENWASTE I5 TH8 CONDUCT AND MANNER OF THAT MULCHING.
THE SITE AND OPERATION IN KONA IS A JOKE. IHE REC'YCLER HAS
CREATED ONE OAF 11~ UGLIEST SITES IN HAW AII. THEY ARE NOT
M(TI.CIIIPIG IN A TIMELY MANNER AND ALLOw'r~ GItP.ENWASTE TO
HACK UP INTO HU(B? PII.ES. THAT IS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE AND I FEET.
THAT TIFF COUNTY NSBD5 TO CREATE GUIDELINES THAT THE
CONTRACTOR MUST FULFIL. IF THEY ARE PAID FROM USER FEES.
THE COUNTY DOES NOT ALLOW THIS ME55 AT THE LADIDFII.L OR AT ANY
OF THB TRANSFER STATIONS.
ONE LAST COMMENT, AND PROBABLY THE MOST GLARING DRAWBACK
OF THE FEE FAXMENT FLAN IS II.I.E('iAL DUMPING OF GREEtIldWASTE ALL
OVER TFJE ISLAND. HOw W1I.L VVL EVlilt POLIG~ THAT ME8S? 1F YOLJ WR-I.
RER THE II.LF.GAL DUMPING WAS ONE OF'TtiE ORIGINAL REASONS
FOR CREATIIdG THE (,'Ri~,iJWASTE AND Mt3i.CHIl~iG STYES.
RANDY MII,LER
HUALALAI GARDEN131tS OF KONA
78-131 HOWARD.
KAll.UA KONA, HI 96740
PHONE: 32Z-9907
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