(A) (1) Since federal and state law now require all non-inert solid waste to be transported to an approved Subtitle D landfill, the Board of County Commissioners shall be permitted to agree with solid waste contractors that transfer stations shall be operated by the contractors, which will allow the transfer of solid waste from collection and private vehicles into a common location where it can then be compacted and re-transferred into sufficient trailers to transport it to an approved landfill.
(2) The county shall also allow, pursuant to state and federal regulations, contractors to operate a non-MSW, inert, or benign landfills at any sites approved by the Idaho Public Health Department, North Central District, or other regulatory agency in the county’s discretion. Future solid waste contracts shall address the responsibility of contractors to transport non-inert or benign solid waste to approved landfills, and otherwise appropriately deal with and bury non-MSW, inert, or benign solid waste at local landfills.
(B) (1) The county shall cause contractors to provide transfer station facilities that include, as a minimum: a covered building with two bays; and a drop box. Each such facility shall be capable of handling at least 40 tons of solid waste each day and shall provide for expansion based upon growing population. All buildings must include push walls and a concrete tipping floor. The design of any building must be flexible enough to adapt to different hauling systems. Scales must be included to weigh the waste stream that is ultimately transported to an approved facility. All transfer stations will have adequate facilities for employees, including: restrooms; a telephone; and an operator’s station.
(2) All buildings and materials in place or hereafter constructed shall be of an adequate workmanship to comply with all current building and electrical codes; and all such facilities must be certified by the state’s Public Health Department and be operated in the future according to Health District 2 guidelines, including any other applicable federal and state rules and regulations. The county shall provide in its contract for specific hours of transfer station operation, and in the event of conflict within a contractor the arbitration rules described in § 50.015 are incorporated herein as a mechanism to solve such disputes.
(C) In the event that the county approves contracts for solid waste disposal with contractors who own their own transfer stations, the county shall have the right in any executed contracts to continue to use those transfer stations after the termination of any contract with a particular contractor for at least six months, so that the county system of solid waste disposal is not unreasonably interrupted while alternate plans are being developed, and such transfer station owners shall be reasonably compensated.
(D) In the event of a change in federal or state laws or regulations concerning solid waste disposal and handling, the county shall be permitted to adjust and negotiate its then-existing contractual obligations to remain compliant with any potential changes in laws. This will include, but not be limited to: non-MSW, inert, and/or benign landfill operation; solid waste disposal and handling; the ultimate disposal of white goods and tires; and the handling of hazardous waste; or any other potential law change.
(Ord. 65, passed 9-17-2019)