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AGENDA REPORT C e
CITY OF MOORPARK
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Mary K. Lindley, Assistant to the City Manage/N\
DATE: March 29, 1994 (CC Meeting of 4/6)
SUBJECT: Reconsider Earlier Council Action and Appropriate
Funds From AB 939 Waste Management Reserves for the
City's Share of the Ventura County Waste
Commission's Financial, Legal, and Risk Audit
Background
On February 2 , 1994 , Council approved an expenditure of $12, 300
from the City's General Fund for the City's share of the Ventura
County Waste Commission's Financial, Legal, and Risk Audit. The
Council approved the expenditure with the understanding that the
City's full share would be reimbursed by the County from County
Wide Integrated Management Plan (CWIMP) fees. The fees were to be
collected by the County from local refuse haulers.
As you may recall, the Audit was commissioned by the Waste
Commission to identify and evaluate all current and future solid
waste financial assets and obligations. While the Audit has been
completed, the issue of how to fund it has resurfaced.
Originally, the Waste Commission recommended that CWIMP fees be
used to fund the Audit. The recommendation was directed to the
County Board of Supervisors since only the County can impose such
a fee. The Board has yet to take action on the recommendation. In
the meantime, additional questions surfaced at a subsequent
Commission meeting, and the Commission directed the City
Managers/County CAO Group to reevaluate the use of CWIMP fees. The
recommendation of the City Managers/CAO was to move forward with
the use of CWIMP fees.
The issue of CWIMP fees resurfaced again at the March, 1994, Waste
Commission meeting. The City of Simi Valley and the County's Solid
Waste Department staff expressed concerns regarding the
justification for the use of CWIMP fees and its impact on rate
payers. Any CWIMP fees imposed on landfills or refuse haulers
would be passed onto the residents.
Some members of the Waste Commission believe that each jurisdiction
should make a choice between paying its share of the Audit from
either local revenues or fees collected from rate payers via
agreements with local haulers. County staff believes that CWIMP
Waste Commission Audit
March 28, 1994
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fees are not the appropriate funding mechanism and that the cities
should be responsible for the collection of fees if that is the
route they choose to take. Both of these options have been used in
the past.
In FY 1991/92, CWIMP fees were used to fund a study on the
feasibility of a Material Recovery Facility(ies) . To fund the
Waste Management Authority Organization Study, conducted by Ralph
Anderson & Associates in FY 1992/93 , each jurisdiction contributed
funds from local revenue sources. The City of Moorpark paid its
$8,263 share from its AB 939 Waste Management fund.
The Council is being asked to reconsider the issue of using CWIMP
fees to fund the Waste Commission's Audit. Among the options for
consideration are:
1) Support the use of CWIMP fees. The impact would be a
temporary rate increase of between $. 05 and $. 10 per
month to refuse rates. Currently, the County is
responsible for the collection of CWIMP fees.
2) Approve a temporary rate increase via the City's
agreement with its haulers. Rates would increase between
$. 05 and $. 10 . The haulers would pass the funds through
to the City.
3) Approve the expenditure of funds from the City's AB 939
Waste Management reserves. The City's refuse rates would
not be impacted.
The City currently has sufficient funds ($50 , 000) in its Waste
Management reserve to fund its share of the Audit ($12, 300) without
impacting existing or planned (Resource Conservation Center or HHW
collection) solid waste programs.
Recommendation (Roll Call Vote)
staff recommends that Council reconsider its earlier action and
appropriate $12, 300 from the City's AB 939 Waste Management
reserves to line item 01. 161. 641 for the City's share of the
Ventura County Waste Commission's Financial, Legal, and Risk Audit.
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