REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Consideration of the Countywide AB 939 Implementation Fee Agreement
Report
BACKGROUND
The Countywide AB 939 Implementation Fee funds the cost of implementing integrated waste management programs such as curbside recycling, household hazardous waste collection, and other waste reduction efforts. Santa Clara County has collected and distributed the AB 939 Implementation Fee on behalf of all jurisdictions within the County since July 1992. This agreement has been renewed upon expiration ever since. The previous Countywide AB 939 Implementation Fee agreement, effective July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018, was approved by Council on April 6, 2015.
DISCUSSION
The subject agreement authorizes the County of Santa Clara to continue to collect and distribute a landfill disposal fee that is imposed on each ton of waste generated in the County on behalf of the City. Landfills are required by the state to allocate all disposal tonnage to specific jurisdictions. All disposal facilities located within the County and solid waste haulers that transport waste outside of the County for landfill disposal are required to pay the AB 939 Implementation Fee on each ton of waste.
The AB 939 Implementation Fee is to remain flat at $4.10 per ton of waste disposed, and will be effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021. The $4.10 per ton AB 939 Implementation Fee is composed of a Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Fee of $2.60 per ton and a Program Fee of $1.50 per ton.
The HHW Fee is kept by the County of Santa Clara to fund the City's annual cost to participate in the Countywide HHW program. The County retains the revenue generated by the HHW Fee to fund the City's participation in the Countywide Household Hazardous Waste Program (CoHHWP). At the end of the year, the County reconciles CoHHWP costs with the HHW fees collected. If the cost to provide service is less than the revenue generated by the HHW Fee, the County forwards the difference...
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