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25 1 approximately 700 parcels were provided assistance through the County's 3 R Fee 2 Financial Assistance program. 3 4 OPTION #1 5 • KEY FACTORS 6 — Simplified fee structure: 2 Fees 7 — Easy to administer, manage & explain 8 — Incremental rural fee increase over phased expansion of rural curbside 9 service 10 — Single family, multi-family, and developed non-residential property owners in 11 the rural sector pay $24 more than property owners in the urban sector. 12 13 OPTION #2 14 • KEY FACTORS 15 — Simplified fee structure: 1 Fee 16 — Easy to administer, manage, and explain 17 — Incremental fee increase over phased expansion of rural curbside service 18 — All developed properties pay the same amount, although eligibility for 19 services may vary between jurisdictions and sectors. 20 — This option presents a new funding paradigm and new way of viewing solid 21 waste program funding by offering a singular fee. This holistic approach to 22 funding eliminates any division between rural and urban boundaries, creating 23 a truly integrated and comprehensive approach to program funding county- 24 wide. 25 26 NEXT STEPS 27 • Assembly of Governments meeting on March 26, 2015 28 — Selection of funding option 29 • Approval of funding option by each elected board to authorize County to charge 30 fee 31 — Approval needed before end of April 32 • Finalize Comprehensive Interlocal Agreement by January 1, 2016 33 34 Commissioner Rich said the group came a long way from where things were at the 35 beginning. She said everyone did a good job of coming to consensus on these two options. 36 37 PUBLIC COMMENT: 38 Bonnie Hauser said she was pleased to hear about the flat fee, but she was not pleased 39 to hear that curbside recycling is expanding throughout the County where most families cannot 40 use it, or that fees will be increasing every year when her taxes are subsidizing the fee. She 41 said equity is equity, and she is prepared to do her part. She said the single fee is a large 42 increase for the rural households that do not get curbside recycling, and it is a large increase 43 for multi-family households. She referenced a spreadsheet to show how fees have increased 44 over the years. She said the fees for rural residents have gone up by $50 since 2010 and by 45 $15 and $30 for town residents. She said the increases are due mostly to the convenience 46 center fees, which were introduced in 2011 at the same time that service levels were cut. She 47 noted that most of the rural centers are still on a reduced schedule. She said the increase for 48 rural residents is nearly 2 points on the tax rate, and it is 1 point for town residents, but there is 49 no improvement in services. She said now there will be more unwanted services and more rate 50 increases. She said she would rather see her tax increases or fees used for schools, public