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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> February 13 , 2003 <br /> Approved March 13, 2003 <br /> wouldn' t you want to get more than that? My suggestion would be, if it were a small <br /> amount, look at recovering more than that to re- establish a fund balance . <br /> Sassaman asks Rod if there is any reason that a special tax district could not be set up <br /> that encompasses the entire county ? <br /> Visser replies yes . It goes back to the notion that when the Commissioners set up a <br /> service district they have to make four findings of fact . One is that it is impractical or <br /> impossible to provide the service on a countywide basis . <br /> Sassaman states that our job at this point is to make a recommendation to the <br /> Commissioners on February 26 with respect to what type of funding mechanism to use <br /> in the shortfall . They would have to figure out with staff how to make it work . <br /> Prete asks if there is some advantage to go ahead with the mechanism of the availability <br /> fee ? <br /> Sassaman replies that it' s a moot issue because we are recommending they go through <br /> the long term solution . We ' re talking about a one-year stopgap . <br /> Prete states that if you are going through the motion of doing this why not (throw the <br /> whole wad at the fee . Consider the whole fee and then refine the method rather than <br /> just [try to cover] the shortfall . You could bite the whole bullet off at once and you can <br /> refine the issues with non-profits and other issues later . <br /> Sassaman states that one way is to start as soon as possible by maybe getting the <br /> residential side in . <br /> Wilson states that I would only say yes if required by the Commissioners or Manager . <br /> Otherwise I ' d rather not because there is a lot of opportunity for error and <br /> misinformation . <br /> Prete states that a fee across the board for any user . <br /> Wilson states that there is no longer an issue of equity because you would have to <br /> charge a fairly high fee for people who were getting a minimal amount of services . <br /> Sassaman states that the fairest approach would be a tax approach . <br /> Rehm states that if that is true why are we going after a fee base approach as a long- <br /> term solution . <br /> 11 <br />