AGENDA DATE: 11/7/2018
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Ivy MUC Tipping Fee Changes
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Resolution requesting the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority (RSWA) to lower tipping fees
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Kamptner, Henry, Stewart
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffery B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: The Amended and Restated Ivy Material Utilization Center (MUC) Programs Agreement between the County of Albemarle and the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority (Attachment A) details, among other things, the services to be provided by the RSWA, the financial support to be provided to the RSWA by the County, and the establishment of tipping fees.
The Agreement allows the Board of Supervisors, by majority vote, to propose changes to tipping fees for adoption by the RSWA's Board of Directors. In September 2018, the RSWA concluded its analysis of Solid Waste Fee Alternatives (Attachment B) which examined its municipal solid waste (MSW) Tipping Fee and Service Fee structure.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Infrastructure Investment: Prioritize, plan, and invest in critical infrastructure that responds to past and future changes and improves the capacity to serve community needs; Quality Government Operations: Ensure County government's capacity to provide high quality service that achieves community priorities.
DISCUSSION: The new Ivy Materials Utilization Center (MUC) solid waste transfer station, which opened on September 25, 2018, could potentially stimulate an increase in MSW disposal tonnage. The new MUC accommodates large, commercial compactor trucks that could not be accommodated at the former transfer station, which can directly deposit their waste on the tipping floor for transport to the landfill. The former Ivy transfer station received 8,200 tons during 2017. This equates to an average of approximately 32 tons per day. The capacity of the new site is 300 tons per day (or 74,100 tons per year based on a...
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