2014-585 FILE ORDINANCE NO. 2014-585
An ordinance amending the City's Solid Waste and Recycling Ordinance by eliminating the out -of- county
restriction for use of the landfills, by extending authority to the City Manager to enter into long -term
waste disposal agreements with specific restrictions, by changing disposal limits and fees for small waste
haulers, and by establishing a Temporary Sanitation Fund Surcharge.
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JANESVILLE DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Sections 8.64.120 (A) and (B) of the Code of General Ordinances of the
City of Janesville are hereby repealed and remaining Paragraphs under this section shall be
renumbered accordingly.
8.64.120 USE -- RESTRICTIONS.
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SECTION II. Section 8.64.150 of the Code of General Ordinances of the City of
Janesville is hereby amended to read as follows:
8.64.150 FEE SCHEDULE
A. For all materials hauled to the Sanitary Landfill in vehicles other than City of
Janesville owned vehicles, excluding special wastes and wastes used as daily cover, the
fee charged shall be the greater of:
Thirty -five dollars and 00 /100 cents ($35.00) per ton, or
B. The following applicable minimum fee regardless of the actual weight deposited:
1. Passenger cars, four dollars and 00 /100 cents ($4.00);
2. Station wagons, mini vans and or sport utility vehicles, five dollars and
25/100 cents ($5.25);
3. Vans, mid -size pickup trucks, m in i - vans or and trailers with a capacity of
two cubic yards or less, eight dollars and 50 /100 cents ($8.50);
4. Full size pickup trucks or and trailers with a capacity of morc than
between two and four cubic yards, twelve dollars and 00 /100 cents ($12.00);
5. All other vehicles or and trailers, including those which have been
modified to increase capacity beyond standard capacity, or where both a vehicle
and trailer combined contain loads, twenty dollars and 001.100 ($20.00). thift'f
fivc dollars 00 /100 cents ($35.00).
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C. The minimum fee must be paid unless the weight of the load is determined to
result in a higher fee, in which case the higher fee must be paid. Proration of fees shall
be allowed only when the weight of the load, as determined by the method described in
Section 8.64,160, results in a charge greater than the minimum fee contained in
Section 8.64.150 (5).
and wastes used as daily covers, th- - - • . . - - • •. .
ED. For material hauled to a City Demolition Landfill, the fee charged shall be five
dollars and fifty cents ($5.50) per cubic yard if such debris originated in the city and
seven dollars ($7.00) per cubic yard if such debris originated outside the city. These shall
be the minimum fees regardless of the volume of material being deposited. This
ordinance and its fees shall take effect at 12:01 o'clock a.m. on January 1, 2014, the
public welfare and good so requiring.
FE. For waste tires, the fee charges for recycling shall be three dollars ($3.00) for tires
up to 16" rim diameter, eight dollars ($8.00) per tire for tires greater than 16" rim
diameter up to 24" rim diameter, and twenty dollars ($20.00) per tire for tires with greater
than 24" diameter. There shall be no additional charge for each tire attached to a rim.
For vehicles containing more than ten (10) waste tires, the fee charges shall be two
hundred dollars ($200.00) per ton.
This ordinance and its fees shall take effect at 12:01 o'clock a.m. on January 1, 2001, the
GF. For all microwave ovens and for major appliances containing refrigerants and
deposited for recycling, the fee charged shall be Ten Dollars and 00 /100 ($10.00) per
unit. All other major appliances and parts thereof may be deposited for recycling at no
charge. • - . - . . - _ • . _ - - , - . - ,,pecial wastes and wastes
used as daily cover, a tempo .. .. . _ • • - - : - - - • - - - ..: - - .
Paragraph A of two dollars ($2.00) per ton. The surcharge will be removed when the
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1. Passenger cars, twenty five cents ($.
2. Station wagons, fifty center ': ^k
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3. Vans, mid size pick • ; • trailers with capacity of two cubic yards
or less, seventy five cents ($. �
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to increse t capacity beyond standard capacity, two dollars ($2.00);
6. The minimum fee must be paid unless the weight of the load is determined
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IG. City residents may deposit sixty ninety six (60 96) gallons of waste materials into
the sanitary landfills) per trip free of charge.
�H. Fees for special wastes and wastes used as daily cover shall be determined by the
Director of Public Works on a case by case basis.
ICJ. Fees for contract disposal arrangements, long term and/or substantial tonnage
deposits at the Janesville sanitary and/or demolition landfills, respectively, may be
established, from time to time, by the City Manager within the following restrictions:
by the Common Council upon the council's review and approval, by resolution or
motion, of a particular contract, proposal or arrangement.
1. The contract minimum tonnage, combined with all other projected waste
sources including waste accepted under other contracts, does not average more
than 175,000 tons per year through the term of the contract.
2. The term of contract is for five (5) years or less.
L. Contract disposal arrangements not meeting the limitation of ,Section 8.64.150
(A) shall require review and approval by the Common Council.
SECTION III. Section 8.64.540 of the Code of General Ordinances of the City of
Janesville is hereby amended to read as follows:
8.64.540 RATES AND CHARGES
A. Every Eligible Customer shall pay to the City the applicable Solid Waste Fee
established and imposed under this Subsection when due for each property and dwelling
unit.
B. The basis for computation of the Fee is established in this Subsection. The
amount of the fee to be imposed, the establishment of the formulas for the calculation of
charges, the creation of customer classifications for the imposition of the fee, and
changes in such charges, formulas, and customer classifications shall be consistent with
this Ordinance. The fee established pursuant to this Ordinance shall be fair and
reasonable. A schedule of current fee charges shall be maintained and on file in the
office of the City Clerk.
C. Charges shall be imposed to recover all or a portion of the costs of the City's solid
waste management programs. Such charges may include, but are not limited to, the
following components:
1. Collection Component. The Collection Component shall include the
estimated annual labor, equipment, contractual and administrative costs and
transfer to a licensed solid waste disposal or processing facility and as performed
by employees of the City of Janesville or its subcontractors. The Collection
Component shall be calculated by taking the sum of all Collection Component
costs and dividing that sum by the estimated number of billable customers.
2. Disposal, Processing and/or Marketing Component. The Disposal,
Processing and/or Marketing Component shall include the estimated cost of
disposing, processing and/or marketing collected solid waste at a licensed solid
waste disposal or processing facility, including administrative costs related
thereto. The Disposal, Processing andior Marketin
Component shall be calculated by taking the sum of all disposal and/or processing
costs and dividing that sum by the estimated number of billable customers.
3. Temporary Sanitation Fund Surcharge. The Temporary Sanitation
Fund Surcharge shall be established to maintain a cash balance within i the
Sanitation Fund of between 16.7% and 25% of Sanitation Fund operating
expenditures. The surcharge is intended to recover up to six million' six
hundred thirty five thousand nine hundred', ninety five and 001100
($6,635,995.00) between the time of its effective date and closure of the City's
sanitary landfill. This amount shall not be exceeded without prior
authorization of the Common Council. Sanitation Fund balance in excess of
25% of Sanitation Fund operating expenditures shall be utilized to pay down
Sanitation :.Fund debt and/or to reduce the fees calculated under Section
8.64.540. The annual surcharge shall be calculated by determining the net
amount to be recovered,' as updated annually, subtracting any amount of
Sanitation Fund balance to be applied, with, the d fference divtded first by the
estimated number of years of site life remaining at the sanitary' Candfrll and
divided again by the estimated number of billable :customers. The Temporary
Sanitation Fund Surcharge shall be eliminated no later than the year of closure
of the sanitary landfill
Section IV. This Ordinance shall take effect at 12:00 a.m. January 1, 2015, the public health,
welfare, safety, peace, good order, and public welfare of the City so requiring.
ADOPTED: November 10, 2014 Motion by: Liebert
APPROVED: Second by: Fitzgerald
, ` Councilmember Aye Nay Pass Absent
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Mark A. Freitag, City Manager - Bobzien X
Farrell X
ATTEST:
/ Fitzgerald X
Kealy X
Jean Ann Wulf, City Clerk -T
Liebert X
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
��/ Marklein X
14, W Severson X
Wald Klimczyk, City Attorney
Proposed by: Department of Public Works
Prepared by: Department of Public Works