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Meeting Minutes - Final
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
9:00 AM
Commission Chambers
Solid Waste Disposal District
Board of Commissioners
Joseph H. Earman, District 3, Chairman
Susan Adams, District 1, Vice Chairman
Joseph Flescher, District 2
Deryl Loar, District 4
Laura Moss, District 5
Michael C. Zito, Interim County Administrator
Dylan Reingold, County Attorney
Jeffrey R. Smith, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller
Shauna James, Deputy Clerk
Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final April 4, 2023
B. Solid Waste Disposal District
A motion was made by Commissioner Flescher, seconded by Vice Chairman
Adams, to approve the Solid Waste Disposal District meeting minutes of
January 31, 2023, and February 7, 2023, as written. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Aye: 5 - Chairman Earman, Vice Chairman Adams, Commissioner Flescher,
Commissioner Loar, and Commissioner Moss
15.13.1. 23-0237 Solid Waste Disposal District Meeting Minutes of January 31, 2023
Recommended Action: Approve
Attachments: 01312023 SWDD Draft
Approved
15.6.2. 23-0259 Solid Waste Disposal District Meeting Minutes of February 7, 2023
Recommended Action: Approve
Attachments: 02072023 SWDD Draft
Approved
15.6.3. 23-0291 Solid Waste Assessment and Tipping Fee Rate Study
Recommended action: Staff recommends Option 5 as it is written in the staff report
Attachments: Staff Report
KCI Technical Memorandum - Rate Study 2022
Himanshu Mehta, Managing Director of the Solid Waste Disposal District
(SWDD), explained that the SWDD receives revenue from tipping fees and special
assessment fees and that the rate structure for those fees had not been updated
since being established in the year 1995. A thorough study was conducted by
installing scales on two Waste Management trucks to gather data from different
sectors in the community. The purpose was to accurately determine the amount of
waste generated. This waste generation data was utilized by Kessler Consulting,
Inc. (KCI) to develop scenarios going forward for the next five (5) to ten (10)
years on how to we make some adjustments to the current fees.
Chas Jordan, Senior Consultant, KCI, presented background on the SWDD
assessments, scope of project, methodology, data on waste generation, and
recommendations. KCI's report recommended both increases and decreases
which were more closely aligned with the amount of material applied from those
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properties being managed by the landfill. The study also considered the tipping
fees for the materials coming to the landfill that was not being paid for by
assessments. Mr. Jordan discussed several rates scenarios based on the study
data. After analysis, staff recommended Option 5; implementation of
recommended WGU rates to be applied over a three-year period. This would
include a revision to the WGU's of 50 percent of the proposed change in FY
2024 and the remaining 50% of the change in FY 2027. This scenario also
implemented the new proposed tipping fees as presented in Scenarios 2 and 3
with a 3% increase per year in tipping fee rates through the ten-year period. In
this scenario the impacts of increasing the tipping fees positively impacts the
reductions in revenue due to the WGU rate change and the fund would not go
below the minimum fund balance threshold of 35% in the ten-year period.
A brief discussion ensued between the Board and Mr. Jordan regarding some of
the increased fees on certain items such as tires, illegal dumping, and uncovered
loads.
A motion was made by Commissioner Flescher, seconded by Commissioner
Moss, to approve staffs recommendation. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Aye: 5 - Chairman Earman, Vice Chairman Adams, Commissioner Flescher,
Commissioner Loar, and Commissioner Moss
15.8.4. 23-0292 Approval of Engineering Consulting Services Agreement for IRC Landfill and
Work Order No. 1 to Geosyntec for Segment 3, Cell 3 Engineering Services
Recommended Action: Staff recommends that its Board follow the recommendations listed in the staff
report
Attachments: Staff Report
Agreement
Geosyntec Work Order No 1
There was no discussion on this Item.
A motion was made by Commissioner Flescher, seconded by Vice Chairman
Adams, to approve staffs recommendation. The motion carried by the
following vote:
Aye: 5 - Chairman Earman, Vice Chairman Adams, Commissioner Flescher,
Commissioner Loar, and Commissioner Moss
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ATTEST:
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Jeffrey R. Smith, CPA, CGFO, CGMA
Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller
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Approved: June 6, 2023
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