HomeMy WebLinkAbout1124CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 1124
A RESOLUTION of the City of Kent, Washington, relating to
solid waste; encouraging recycling and waste reduction and
recommending service levels and rates.
The City Council of the City of Kent, Washington does
hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. Recitals.
1.1 Pursuant to Ordinance No. 2671, adopted October 20,
1986, the City of Kent provided for the dissolution of its solid
waste utility.
1.2 The City of Kent recognizes that collection companies
certified by the Washington Utilities and Transportation
Commission pursuant to Chapter 81.77 RCW will engage in the
business of operating as a garbage and refuse collection
company in the City of Kent, and the WUTC has and will set rates
for collection of garbage pursuant to State law.
1.3 The City of Kent has in the past, and will continue in
the future, to encourage waste reduction and recycling of
garbage, and collection companies operating within the City of
Kent should further be encouraged to provide for waste reduction
and recycling through the operation and maintenance of buy-back
and recycling centers, and other innovative programs.
1.4 Pursuant to RCW 35.21.120 and RCW 35.67.020, the City
of Kent may, and has reserved the right to, establish a City of
Kent system and plant for garbage and refuse collection and
disposal. Until such time as the City of Kent establishes such
a system, it will not regulate or otherwise effect, and has no
authority over, rates for garbage collection and disposal and
collection companies shall be solely responsible for such
collection and disposal. By this resolution, however, the City
of Kent makes its recommendation to the Washington Utilities and
Transportation Commission concerning certain rates to be set by
the WUTC through its approval of tariffs of collection companies
operating within the City of Kent.
SECTION 2. Resolution.
2.1 The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
is urged to support a tariff rate of not more than SEVEN DOLLARS
AND FIFTY CENTS ($7.50) as the residential rate for fully-
automated mobile toter service.
2.2 The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
is further urged to support lifeline rates for the elderly
residents of the City of Kent.
2.3 Collection companies are urged to facilitate and
provide for waste reduction and recycling programs for commer-
cial and residential waste within the City of Kent, and the
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission is urged to
support such programs.
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2.4 Collection companies operating within the City of Kent
have pledged to maintain, at a minimum, service and rates at
current levels established by the WUTC for at least one year.
The City of Kent acknowledges this pledge and urges continued
compliance therewith.
2.5 Collection companies operating within the City of Kent
have pledged to not dispose of solid waste at the Kent Highlands
Landfill after December 31, 1986. The City of Kent acknowledges
this pledge and urges continued compliance therewith.
Passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Kent, Washington this 15th day of December, 1986.
ATTEST: _Concurred in this J.h_ day of
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__ MA_R_I_E~J_E_N.:...:::s=g;c~.L..t-c-=-:JI_f#ca--=Y=--c~L-+-R-K____ DAN ~iLLEHER, MAYOR ·-........__
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ILL WILLIAMSON
ACTING CITY ATTORNEY
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