HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-39 - Recycling Surcharge• RESOLUTION NO. 99- 39
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH MODIFYING A RECYCLING
SURCHARGE AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 98-39.
WHEREAS, the State of California has determined that the amount of solid
waste generated in the State, coupled with the diminishing landfill space and the potential
adverse environmental impacts of landfilling, create an urgent need for State and Local
agencies to enact and implement aggressive new integrated waste management programs;
and
WHEREAS, the Legislature has mandated each City and County to reduce the
amount of solid waste disposed of in landfills by recycling at least 25% of the solid waste
stream; and
WHEREAS, the Newport Beach City Council has enacted an ordinance which
• authorizes the imposition of a recycling surcharge subject to certain limitations; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has entered into a written contract with CRT
Inc. pursuant to which the latter will accept the City's waste stream, recycle at least 25% of
the contents, and transport the remaining waste to a disposal site approved by law. The City
Council has determined that contracting with a private recycler represents the most
economical way of satisfying recycling requirements, will ensure that more waste is recycled
than pursuant to curbside programs which require resident's sorting of recyclables, and is
much less costly than acquiring the equipment and hiring the personnel necessary to
implement a curbside recycling program; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that approximately 43,000 tons of solid
waste will be generated during Fiscal Year 1999 -00, that the cost of collecting, hauling,
recycling, and disposing of that amount of solid waste would be $4,189,095, that the fees to
• be paid to CRT Inc. pursuant to the Recycling Agreement will be $1,614,660 and that the
additional cost attributable solely to recycling is $711,725; and
• WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the residential solid waste stream
collected by City personnel is generated by, at most, 27,332 households. Accordingly, the
additional costs incurred by the City in conjunction with the recycling program can be
recovered by imposing a surcharge of $2.17 per month per household. This surcharge
represents the minimum amount the City could charge with the expectation of deferring all,
or substantially all, of its recycling expenses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach as follows:
1. Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2.30 of the Newport Beach Municipal
Code, a recycling surcharge fee of $2.17 per month is hereby imposed, effective July 1, 1999.
2. The recycling surcharge of $2.17 per month shall be the obligation of the
person or persons responsible for the payment of water service if water is supplied to the
property by the City of Newport Beach and, if water is not supplied by the City of Newport
• Beach, the surcharge shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property; and
3. The recycling surcharge shall not be paid by persons or businesses whose
rubbish is collected by private haulers nor shall any portion of the fee collected be used to
defray expenses that would be incurred by the City in collecting, hauling, and disposing of
refuse absent a recycling program.
4. Resolution No. 98 -39 is hereby rescinded.
ADOPTED this14thday of June , 1999.
OR
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CITY CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 99 -39, was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 14th
day of June, 1999, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Adams, Glover, Debay, Ridgeway, Noyes, Mayor O'Neil
Noes: None
Absent: Thomson
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 15th day of June, 1999.
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City Clerk of the City of
Newport Beach, California