Regular 5.b.
Regular City Council Meeting
- Meeting Date:
- 06/25/2018
- TITLE
- Landfill Use Agreement with Yellowstone County
- PRESENTED BY:
- David Mumford
- Department:
- Public Works
Presentation:
No
PROBLEM/ISSUE STATEMENT
The Billings Regional Landfill currently accepts waste from Yellowstone County. Disposal of waste picked up and hauled by private haulers is charged directly to those haulers. Yellowstone County is only charged for the estimated tonnage of self-haul residential waste. The agreement with Yellowstone County is for fiscal year 2019 and the dollar amount is based on the landfill fees in the proposed Solid Waste fee resolution which is also on the Council agenda for the June 25, 2018 meeting. If City Council does not approve the landfill tipping fees at the rates specified in Schedule III of the Solid Waste Residential and Commercial Collection and Disposal Fees and Landfill Use Fees Resolution, the amount in the attached agreement with Yellowstone County will need to be revised.
ALTERNATIVES ANALYZED
City Council may:
- Approve the landfill agreement with Yellowstone County, or;
- Approve an amended landfill agreement with Yellowstone County. or;
- Disapprove the agreement. If Council does not approve the agreement, there would be a loss of revenue for the Solid Waste Fund.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The landfill agreement will generate $189,260 in revenue for the Solid Waste Fund in Fiscal Year 2019.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the one-year landfill agreement with Yellowstone County.