File #: 2004-0208    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/19/2004 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: 4/26/2004 Final action: 4/26/2004
Enactment date: 5/6/2004 Enactment #: 14882
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county executive to enter into interlocal agreements for the designation of disposal sites.
Sponsors: Carolyn Edmonds
Indexes: Cedar Hills, Interlocal Agreement, Solid Waste
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14882.pdf, 2. 2004-0208 Fiscal Note.doc, 3. 2004-0208 staff report.doc, 4. 2004-0208 Transmittal Letter.doc, 5. A. Interlocal Agreement between King County and Snohomish County Concerning Solid Waste Disposal Site Designation
Drafter
Clerk 04/19/2004
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county executive to enter into interlocal agreements for the designation of disposal sites.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. King County owns and operates a solid waste system, which includes the Cedar Hills regional landfill.
B. State law authorizes the county to designate disposal sites for solid waste, and the King County council has exercised this authority as set forth in K.C.C. chapter 10.08.
C. A private solid waste handling company, Rabanco Ltd., recently filed a lawsuit against the county. Among other claims, the lawsuit challenges the county's authority to designate disposal sites under state law in the absence of an interlocal agreement with counties in which Rabanco Ltd. has collection authority under a certificate from the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission which Rabanco Ltd. consolidated in August of 2003.
D. The King County solid waste division was unaware of the consolidated certificate until Rabanco Ltd. filed the lawsuit on March 30, 2004.
E. Although the county does not believe that such agreements are legally mandatory, it is appropriate to enter into interlocal agreements with other counties to designate disposal sites for solid waste collection from unincorporated King County when the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has approved a multicounty solid waste collection franchise.
F. These interlocal agreements are consistent with the county's Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan and King County Code. The agreements do not make any substantive changes in the operation of the King County regional solid waste system and they will assist in implementing the designation of the county's solid waste system and authorized solid waste disposal sites.
SECTION 2. The King County executive is hereby authorized to execute

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