The Billings Regional Landfill currently accepts waste from adjoining counties and the cities and towns within those counties. This is accomplished via 1-year or 3-year agreements (with annual amendments) with those entities. The current agreements expired June 30, 2010. The renewal of these agreements is recommended to continue the current practice.

City Council may:

• Approve the agreements with each entity; or
• Disapprove agreements with each entity

These agreements specify an annual fee of $465,500 for Yellowstone County and $16.80 per ton of waste for all other entities. These are the rates that were approved at the June 14, 2010 Council meeting and include the 10% surcharge for Yellowstone County and 20% surcharge for all other entities. These agreements will generate approximately $1,515,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2011.

Staff recommends that the City Council approve, and the Mayor sign amendment #1 with Yellowstone County and the one-year Landfill Use Agreements with:

Bighorn County
Town of Fromberg
Musselshell County
Town of Bridger
Town of Hysham
City of Red Lodge
Carbon County
Town of Joliet
Stillwater County
Town of Columbus
City of Laurel
Treasure County
City of Big Timber