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Consider solid waste management resolution
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Presented By: Public Works
Recommendation and Review
The City of Harrisonburg operates a solid waste collection and disposal system for the City's residents and businesses. As part of the solid waste management system the City has a Solid Waste Management Plan which is required and has been approved by the Commonwealth of Virginia. One of the goals of the Solid Waste Management Plan is to assist the City in meeting the Commonwealth's requirement that the City recycle at least 25% of the total solid waste generated each year in the City. In order to achieve the state mandate, the City has a curbside recycling collection and disposal program in addition to its solid waste collection and disposal system.
Under applicable state law, the City is entitled to charge for its solid waste and recycling collection and disposal services provided to its citizens. Harrisonburg City Code Section 6-2-39 provides that the monthly rates for such services be set by City Council from time to time and maintained on file in the City Manager's office. In May of 2008 the City Council passed a resolution setting a fee of $20.00 per month for solid waste collection. As part of that resolution, Council designated $10.00 of that fee for refuse collection and $10.00 as the City's solid waste management fee. Since 2008, changes to the refuse collection fees and the solid waste management fees were approved as part of the City's annual budget. The result has been that it is now difficult to locate and identify the approved fees, and to maintain the list of fees in the City Manager's office as required by the City Code. Furthermore, the resolution approved by Council in 2008 set the refuse collection fees and solid waste management fees for "city residences". Although the intent of the resolution appears to have been to set fees for all those within the City receiving solid waste collection services, the us...
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