ORDINANCE - Budget Ordinance - FY 2015-16

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Budget Ordinance, Fiscal Year 2015-16 Lee County, North Carolina June 15, 2015 Page 4 SECTION 6. The following amounts are hereby appropriated to the Solid Waste Management Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2015 and ending on June 30, 2016: Solid Waste Management Waste Collections TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS $ 208,093 1,253,672 $ 1,461,765 SECTION 7. It is estimated that the following revenues will be available to the Solid Waste Management Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2015 and ending on June 30, 2016: Other Revenues $ 43,500 1 % Surcharge on Tires 71,500 White Goods Disposal Fee 18,000 Interest Income 1,200 Landfill Tipping Fee 101,922 Rural Household Disposal/Collection Fees 1,098,770 Fund Balance Appropriated 126,873 TOTAL REVENUES $ 1,461,765 SECTION 8. SOLID WASTE RULES AND DISPOSAL FEES: The charges and rules for solid waste disposal in Lee County shall be as follows: a. There will be a solid waste disposal fee of ninety-five dollars ($95.00) annually for each club, church, residential based commercial enterprise, and each County residence located outside the corporate limits of the City of Sanford and of the Town of Broadway. Exemptions for vacancies at mobile home parks can be requested by the owner and will be provided upon proof the vacancies exist. Households subject to fees are those in existence on January 1, 2015. New households will be added upon completion as verified by the County building permit. b. The rural household disposal and recycling center fee shall be billed with the ad valorem taxes and shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as taxes. The first moneys paid shall be applied to the solid waste fee. Interest on delinquent fees shall be assessed in the same manner as though the fee were ad valorem taxes. The annual fee shall become a lien upon the real property as though it were ad valorem taxes. c. The entry into any convenience center, the landfill site or transfer station of any vehicle signifies the consent of the owner and driver of the vehicle for it to be searched so that it can be ensured that no hazardous or prohibited substance is brought into the Convenience Center, landfill or transfer station. d. All haulers who must pay the per ton disposal fee shall pay at the time the solid waste or recyclables are delivered to the landfill site or transfer station unless arrangements have been made for periodic billing. e. Solid waste collections from institutional facilities (county schools, Civic Center and Community College) through the Solid Waste Division will be done at the rate of two dollars and fourteen cents ($2.14) per cubic yard for solid waste and at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per cubic yard for cardboard. Fee charged is based on the container size, not the amount of contents.