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Utilities Director Terry Pinto explained that sometime back the Board authorized staff to proceed with the study of what is needed to fund the Landfill. It will cost $1.6 million to close the landfill to make it environmentally safe, and another $2.25 million will be needed to open a 23 -acre cell nearby. Representatives of Camp, Dresser and McKee, environmental consultants, are here today to explain the funding methodology used by some of the other counties in Florida, and to present a fee system which they feel would be the most equitable to the residents of Indian River County. With that in mind, Director Pinto introduced Bob Hauser and Isabelle Jettinghoff of Camp, Dresser and McKee. Isabelle Jettinghoff explained that their firm set out to find an equitable and fair way to cover solid waste costs, and pointed out that the report covers two aspects: 1) the rates themselves, and 2) the billing system to collect the money we need to fund the Landfill. National data, as well as information collected locally, helped determine on an average how much commercial and residential waste was generated in the county on an annual basis. The basic unit for the County's charge will be based on one residential home, which is estimated nationally to produce 1.3 tons of solid waste a year. At this time, they are looking at a $30 per unit annual service charge that would show up on the tax bill beginning in 1988. The charge may be less than that, depending on final calculations. Commercial, industrial, and institutional properties would be charged on a percentage based on units, square footage, or in the case of a hospital, the number of beds. Ms. Jettinghoff advised that other proposed changes include impact fees for new construction and eliminating one of six collection centers now in use. The impact fee is estimated at $40 for a new single-family residence. T 2 0. �196Y 56 ?JuK 69PAGE 767