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DEC 22 1987 BooK 70 P Of 420 Attorney Vitunac interjected that he would like to add a little language to Section 4, page 2, of the proposed ordinance, Powers of the Solid Waste District. He wished to add after the word "property," the words "issue revenue bonds or other certificates of indebtedness." Commissioner Eggert inquired who "SWDD" refers to, and it was stated that it actually would be the Board of County Commissioners as they will be the governing body of the Solid Waste Disposal District. Commissioner Bird noted that Section 12 refers to "special waste," and he did not see any definition of special waste. Ms. Jettinghoff advised that special waste includes materials generated from land clearing, demolition activities, etc., and includes tires. It is defined under Section 5. entitled Definitions. County Attorney Vitunac noted that Page 5 which sets out that particular definition is missing from the copies of the ordinance handed out. (Copies of Page 5 were supplied.) Ms. Jettinghoff summarized that what the county was faced with was to collect revenue to cover all the costs for operation and maintainence of the landfill. Camp, Dresser, McKee studied whether the present system of a tipping fee was the best and most effective and looked at other counties to see how this was handled. What they came up with was that the best system for the county would be one that used the Property Appraiser's data base, which is an owner based system. A bill will go out once a year and will charge all owners of improved real property. Ms. Jettinghoff wished to make the point that if the county can determine beforehand how much the revenue stream is going to be, they will be able to get a lot better terms for financing the new landfill and the closure of the old one, which will mean that the people will have the lowest possible rate. Chairman Scurlock further clarified that the interest rate 40