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number of successful recycling and toxicity reduction programs that have made local waste <br />management programs among the most respected in the state. <br />As a consequence of increasing costs, program expansions and unequalled success in the state in <br />reducing per capita waste disposal, tipping fee revenue resulting from landfill disposal has declined <br />and is no longer a reliable source of funding for the local solid waste management system. Therefore, <br />we believe continuing a financial system that is based on the quantity of waste disposed would be <br />unwise if there are other financial models available. Simply raising the fees to compensate for the <br />diminishing quantities of waste is not practical because our fees are already 2"d highest in the state <br />and waste haulers will simply shift wastes to other, lower cost landfills. <br />Elimination of the present tipping fee system will result in benefits to all of the stakeholders <br />associated with the solid waste operations in as much as it will remove the reliance on disposal to <br />provide a stable, equitable, and flexible source of funding to maintain a high quality integrated solid <br />waste management system. According to the SWAB recommendation, tipping fees would continue <br />for construction and demolition waste as well as for vegetative wastes (although vegetative wastes are <br />actually recycled and not disposed). <br />Citizens <br />Citizens would benefit by virtue of some increase in equity associated with afee-based financing for <br />waste services; <br />• All potential users (taxpayers and non-taxpayers) would share in the costs of available county- <br />provided services based on the level of service available to the user - i.e., level of recycling <br />services, availability of disposal facilities, and availability of hazardous waste, yard waste, <br />electronics, and C&D disposaUrecycling opportunities. <br />• Those for whom the facilities are presently available are those who will pay the appropriate <br />fees. Thus, the pending costs for closure of the landfill, anticipated to occur in 2009, will be <br />collected between now and 2009 by accrual of a Landfill Closure Reserve Fund. <br />• Individual jurisdictions would be free to provide "fee relief' for any citizen groups or not-for- <br />profit entities within their jurisdiction. <br />• Citizens (primarily in the unincorporated areas) who use private refuse collection services <br />should see their monthly cost significantly reduced. <br />Individual Jurisdictions <br />Individual jurisdictions are responsible for collection and transportation of solid waste generated <br />within their boundaries. At present, in addition to the costs of collection, individual jurisdictions also <br />pay significant tipping. fees, as described in item 1 above, for disposal of solid waste. The SWAB <br />recommendation would eliminate mixed waste tipping fee expenses (as illustrated in #2 above) for <br />the Towns and County because of the prepaid fees, and individual jurisdictions would be in a position <br />2 <br />
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