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TD BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: �C;ontra
INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Costa
DATE: April 11 1988
SUBJECT: ,
Solid Waste Public Education Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) &. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . Urge the Solid Waste Commission to consider recommending
legislation which would authorize . increases in the solid
waste' "tipping fee" for solid waste planning to include
financing of._solid waste public education programs.
2 . Approve in concept a budget of $80 , 000 for the 1988-89
fiscal year for a solid waste public education program to be
conducted by the Health Services Department through an
interagency agreement with the Community Development
Department, pending decisions on how to fund the program.
3 . Leave this item .on referral to our Committee. .
.BACKGROUND:
On March 29., 1988, the Board of Supervisors approved our last
report on the subject .of a solid waste public education program.
At that time, the Community Development Department was asked to
provide our Committee with a more detailed budget for the public
education program and to ask the Delta Diablo Sanitation
District, Central Sanitary District, and West Contra Costa
Sanitary District to consider loaning the County funds to support
a solid waste public education program until a new sanitary
landfill site is operational in the County, at which time the
loans, plus interest, would be repaid from ' the tipping fees
imposed at the new landfill.
On April 110, 1988 , staff from the Community Development
Department indicated they had -met .with staff from the three
Districts. The West Contra Costa Sanitary District has discussed
a possible loan at the Board level, but have requested their
staff to provide more, information. This additional information
has been. provided by County staff . The West Contra Costa
Sanitary District is concerned about loaning money to the County
without collateral other than a proposed future tipping fee at a
new landfill site.
CONTINUED ON.ATTACHMENT. YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR X RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X 'APPROVOTHER
SIGNATURE(S1: Sunne W. MCPeak . Tom Torlakson
ACTION OF BOARD ON Apri1 19, 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 1-I'EREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT ,COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES; NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator , ATTESTED
Director, Community Development W �- - -
Dave Oki ta, Assistant Di rector, CDD -PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Health Services D1-rector SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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The Central Sanitary District is going to be operating their own
public education program and want to be sure that the County does
not .duplicate their efforts. We have asked staff to reassure the
Central Sanitary . District that ' ' we want to work with and
compliment their public education efforts; not duplicate or
interfere in any way with their efforts.
Delta. Diablo Sanitation District has indicated a willingness 'to
explore a loan to the County, but need to assure themselves that
they legally can provide such a loan to the County.
These discussions are continuing at both the staff level and
Board . levels. Concerns have also been raised ' about the
circumstances under which the County can borrow money since the
current Board of Supervisors cannot. easily dictate the actions of
a future Board in' terms of repaying the loan nor can the
transaction be handled .in such a way that the County violates - the
Constitutional ban on deficit spending.
Staff. also presented us with a revised. budget which for a
12-month period would be as follows:
Salary, benefits and overhead: $60,000
Materials: 20,000
Seminar/conference expenses
School/program materials
Printing/production
Mailing/postage
TOTAL $80,000
Agreement has been reached to have the Community Development
. .Department contract with the Health Services Department to
actually operate the solid waste public education program, once
funding has been identified.
Finally, we understand the Solid Waste Commission on April 20
will be exploring a variety of legislative concepts they will be
.recommending the Board support. We would like to urge that one
of these. concepts be expanding the purposes for which the tipping
fee for solid waste planning can be used to .allow financing of
solid' waste public education programs.