HomeMy WebLinkAbout152-92 RESOLUTION NO 152-92
APPROVING THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
MOBILE HOUSEHOLD HA?ARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM
WHEREAS, it is illegal and environmentally unsound to dispose of household hazardous
wastes in solid waste landfills, stormdrains or sewer systems; and
WHEREAS, the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939) requires
all cities and counties to adopt Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Elements outlining
methods to properly manage, recycle/dispose and reduce household hazardous waste in
their jurisdictions; and
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WHEREAS, all Contra Costa cities and the County have submitted HHW Elements which
include mobile collection of HHW; and
WHEREAS, the AB 939 Local Task Force for Contra Costa County recommended that the
county-wide mobile HHW collection program proposed by the Contra Costa County
Health Services Department be implemented in the spring of 1993 to provide residents
with an effective collection at the least cost and to meet the requirements of AB 939 with
respect to household hazardous waste; and
WHEREAS, on April 28, 1992 the County Board of Supervisors approved the program
contingent upon receiving approval of the program by a majo~ty of the cites with a
majority of the incorporated population; and
WHEREAS, the mobile HHW collection program total budget of $1,490,000 will cost
individual householders $4.97 per year, and will be paid for through a tipping fee rate
of $2.12 per ton (based on $704,967 tons), to be collected beginning July 1, 1993; and
WHEREAS, a discounted tipping fee rate during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1992 to
cover start-up program costs of $433,391 will be collected upon receiving the required
city approval; and
WHE~, Contra Costa County will be responsible for being the generator for
hazardous materials manifest purposes and will assume operational and generator liability
for the program; and
WHEREAS, the County Health Services Deparunent will establish a HHW Oversight
Committee, that will include four city mangers and three city project managers to be
appointed by the Public Managers Association, to review program budget and assist in site
selection, program publicity and ongoing planning and monitoring; and
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WHEREAS, the County Health Services Department will provide the Oversight Committee
and each city quarterly and annual reports on the number of participants, expenditures,
wastestream types and quantifies collected and disposal and recycling methods used and
will also provide an annual report to the Local Task Force; and
WHEREAS, the County will maintain a separate accounting for fees collected and
expenditures made to implement the HHW program; and
WHEREAS, any region of the County (west, central or east), upon obtaining the approval
of a majority of the cities in that region, may elect to withdraw from the Health Services
Department mobile program after providing the County written notice of such withdrawal
120 days before the effective date; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, by the Danville Town Council does hereby approve the Contra Costa County
Mobile Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program and its funding through the
collection of solid waste tipping fees,
ADOPTED by the Danville Town Council at its regular meeting on October 6, 1992, by
the following vote:
AYES LANE,
NOES NONE
ABSENT NONE
ABSTAIN NONE
SHIMANSKY, DOYLE, GREENBERG, RITCHEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ATTEST:
CITY ATTORNEY
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CITY CLERK
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