10.A.
City Council Meeting - FINAL
- Meeting Date:
- 04/07/2026
- Co-Submitter:
- Sam Beckett
- From:
- Rick Tadder, Management Services Director
TITLE:
Consideration and Adoption of Resolution No. 2026-14 and Ordinance No. 2026-08: A resolution of the Flagstaff City Council declaring as a public record that certain document filed with the City Clerk and entitled "2026 Landfill Fees Corrections and Updates"; and an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 7 Health and Sanitation, Section 7-04-001-0010 Fees, Subsection H Landfill Fees; providing for penalties, severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date
STAFF RECOMMENDED ACTION:
- Adopt Resolution No. 2026-14
- Read Ordinance No. 2026-08 by title only for the final time
- City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2026-08 by title only (if approved above)
- Adopt Ordinance No. 2026-08
Executive Summary:
On December 3, 2025, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) adopted changes to fees. Within the list of changes included an increase to Solid Waste Disposal Fees which the City collects and remits to ADEQ. The fee was increased from $0.25 per ton to $0.58 per ton effective December 3, 2025. The last Solid Waste Rate adoption in 2018 included tables for Landfill Fees which combined our fee with other fees. The total current fee of $45.75 per ton includes the City landfill fee of $43.00 per ton, the ADEQ fee of $0.25 per ton, and the Environmental Maintenance Facility Fee (EMF) of $2.50 per ton. The landfill customers receive a receipt which shows the breakdown of each of these fees. City staff is currently remitting the ADEQ fees to the state based on the current fee; however, we are using the Solid Waste budget to offset the difference until the City Code is corrected. Staff estimates this change to be an annual $31,000+ impact on the operating budget if we do not make the correction.
City staff is asking Council for approval of the changes to the City Code to correct our tables and provide clarity of the landfill rates and additional fees we collect.
City staff is asking Council for approval of the changes to the City Code to correct our tables and provide clarity of the landfill rates and additional fees we collect.
Financial Impact:
The increase to the ADEQ fee from $0.25 to $0.58 will have an estimated $31,000+ on the Solid Waste budget if not corrected in the City Code.
Policy Impact:
None
Previous Council Decision or Community Discussion:
The Solid Waste Landfill Fees were last adopted on December 11, 2018.
Options and Alternatives to Recommended Action:
Approved the City Code changes as recommended by staff.
Do not approve the City Code changes as recommended by staff and direct staff to use operation budget to pay the difference related to ADEQ rates.
Do not approve the City Code changes as recommended by staff and direct staff to use operation budget to pay the difference related to ADEQ rates.
Connection to PBB Priorities and Objectives:
None
Connection to Regional Plan:
None
Connection to Carbon Neutrality Plan:
None
Connection to 10-Year Housing Plan:
None