Drafter
Clerk 3/30/2007
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the financial savings or policy advantages gained by insourcing solid waste recyclables hauling work; and amending the 2007 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 15652, Section 92, as amended.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY
SECTION 1. Ordinance 15652, Section 92, as amended, is hereby amended to delete the following:
SOLID WASTE - From the solid waste fund there is hereby appropriated to:
Solid waste $101,237,406
The maximum number of FTEs for solid waste shall be: 422.85
ER1 EXPENDITURE RESTRICTION:
Of this appropriation, $100,000 shall solely be expended to coordinate the preparation of study by an independent consultant, which shall include recommendations on the feasibility of a waste-to-energy strategy for disposal of the county's mixed municipal waste stream, or a portion thereof. The selected contractor must have national and international experience in conducting reviews of waste-to-energy technologies.
The study shall include a review of: (1) the state of current waste-to-energy technology including environmental impacts effects on global warming and Kyoto Treaty compliance; (2) the costs of design, engineering and construction of a waste-to-energy facility sized and designed to address King County's waste stream or a portion thereof; (3) the annual operational costs of such a facility and the estimated retail cost of energy produced; (4) the market for energy at the projected costs; (5) the required transfer station collection/transportation infrastructure; (6) the projected volume and methodology for disposal of ash byproduct; (7) an analysis of the utilization of waste-to-energy facilities elsewhere in the world; and (8) strategies for addressing concerns regarding public support and acceptance.
The division will invite and incorporate recommendations from the metropolitan solid waste management advisory committee and the solid waste advisory committee into th...

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