Agenda Package - 06-30-08 (Spec. Meet.)

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Budget Ordinance, Fiscal Year 2008-09 County of Lee, North Carolina June 30, 2008 Page 5 SECTION 9. It is estimated that the following revenues will be available to the Solid Waste Management Fund for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2008 and ending on June 30, 2009: Other Revenues $ 58,636 1% Surcharge on Tires 57,000 White Goods Disposal Fee 177,000 Interest Income 20,000 Landfill Tipping Fee 166,000 Rural Household Disposal/Collection Fees 872,480 Fund Balance 259,481 TOTAL $ 1,610,597 SECTION 10. SOLID WASTE RULES AND DISPOSAL FEES• The charges and rules for solid waste disposal in Lee County shall be as follows: a. Forty-one dollars and forty-three cents ($41.43) per ton charge shall be collected on all solid waste generated within Lee County and brought to the transfer station. b. There will be a solid waste disposal fee of eighty dollars ($80.00) 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, 2008. New households will be added upon completion as verified by the County building permit. c. Commercial businesses and industrial activities shall be required to contract with private haulers or transport their own solid waste to the transfer station and shall pay forty-one dollars and forty-three cents ($41.43) per ton disposal fee. d. 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. e. 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. f. 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. g. Solid waste collections from institutional facilities (county schools and government buildings) by the Solid Waste Division will be done at the rate of four dollars ($4.00) per cubic yard. Fee charged is based on the container size, not the amount of contents. 018 U