A. Purpose: The purpose of this section is to establish fees to cover the partial costs of operating and maintaining Power County's solid waste disposal system.
B. Authority: This section is adopted pursuant to the authority granted by Idaho Code Chapter 44, Title 31 and Power County Code Chapter 2, Title 4, which allows Power County to charge and collect fees for use of the county solid waste disposal system.
C. Definitions:
1. One hundred and fifty (150) pounds = one (1) cubic yard.
2. A three hundred (300) gallon container = 1.4 cubic yards.
3. The following terms shall apply to this chapter as written unless context indicates or requires a different meaning:
AGRICULTURAL TIRES: | Any farm implement tires and rubber tracks. |
BIG TRUCK TIRES: | Any tire with a wheel diameter larger than nineteen (19) inches. |
COMMERCIAL RATE: | Relates to institutional, retail and wholesale businesses including, but not limited to: hospitals, nursing homes, restaurants, motels, service stations, offices, banks, residential rental complexes, and mobile home parks. |
HOUSEHOLD REFUSE UNIT (HRU): | The average family sized refuse container, which is a ninety (90) gallon container. One (1) HRU = sixty dollars ($60.00) per twenty (22) cubic yard/year. |
NON-SPECIALIZED WASTE: | Any waste that cannot be placed into one of the specialized pits or piles defined as Specialized Waste. This is waste that is commonly referred to as having to be dumped on the floor, which then is transported to a facility out of county for disposal, not retained on site. |
SPECIALIZED WASTE: | Waste has been sorted to allow it to be dumped as either construction/demolition waste, brush waste, or metal waste. This distinction shall be in the discretion of the staff evaluating each load presented for disposal at any Power County Facility. |
UNSECURED LOAD: | An unsecured load shall be defined as any load, which is not sufficiently secured to prevent debris from the load from blowing out of, falling from, or leaving the transport vehicle in any way. A secured load will be able to prevent the waste materials from escaping the load. |
WASTE VOLUME CALCULATION: | The method used to determine the commercial rate. |
D. Site Distinction: The American Falls Transfer Station is hereby designated as the primary solid waste disposal facility for Power County. All other solid waste disposal sites, shall be designated as satellite transfer sites.
E. Annual Review and Assessment: The Board of County Commissioners will review the rate schedule annually. The board of county commissioners will accept, review, and adjust, when necessary, any erroneous assessments by way of written request.
F. Residential Fees:
1. Residential Rates: A household rate of sixty dollars ($60.00) will be assessed on every household in Power County for the year 2023 and every year thereafter. This rate is based on an average family sized ninety (90) gallon container which equals twenty-two (22) cubic yards per year.
G. Commercial Fees:
1. A commercial rate for institutional, retail and wholesale businesses which include, but are not limited to: hospitals, nursing homes, restaurants, motels, service stations, offices, banks, residential rental complexes, mobile home parks, and other commercial businesses will be assessed for the year 2000 and every year thereafter. This rate is based on the average cubic yards of waste disposed of per year per business.
2. Waste Volume Calculation: The following table will be used to determine the applicable rate charged to commercial businesses:
Waste container size (cu.yd.) | x | Number of containers | x | Pick ups per week | x | Number of weeks per year | x | Volume adjustment (x0.65) | = | Waste volume produced annually (cu. yd.) |
3. Waste Fee Calculation: The following table will be used to determine the solid waste fee:
Total waste volume produced annually (cu. yd.) | ÷ | Household refuse unit (22 cu. yds.) | x | Cost of household refuse unit ($60.00) | = | Total solid waste fee assessed |
4. Minimum Rate For Commercial Businesses: The sixty dollar ($60.00) household rate identified above in subsection D(1) will be the minimum annual rate for a commercial business.
H. Specialized Waste Disposal Fees: The fees for the following types of specialized waste disposal: construction demolition material; brush; and metal, when said materials are properly separated, as determined by the staff evaluating each load presented for disposal at any Power County Facility, shall be as follows:
1. Pick-up Truck No Trailer/frailers with no Truck Load: shall not be charged for the first load in a day (due to the already charged residential and commercial fees), but shall be charged ten dollars ($10.00) per load for each load during the remainder of . that day.
2. Bobtail Truck (Two (2)-Ton Truck): shall be charged forty-five dollars ($45.00) per load.
3. Ten (10)-Wheel Truck: shall be charged fifty-five dollars ($55.00) per load.
4. Semi-Truck Trailer: shall be charged one hundred dollars ($100.00) per load.
5. Pull Trailers Longer Than Ten (10) Feet: shall be charged thirty dollars ($30.00) per load of demo/concrete, and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per load of brush or metal.
I. Other Fees: Fees for other types of waste disposal are outlined as follows:
1. Non-Specialized Waste: no fee shall be charged for the first five hundred (500) pounds in one week. After five hundred (500) pounds in one week, a fee of sixty dollars ($60.00) shall be charged per ton.
2. Mixed Loads: any load which contains specialized waste, that has not been properly sorted for disposal in the specified pits and piles on site, as determined by the staff evaluating each load presented for disposal at any Power County Facility, shall be charged as fee of sixty dollars ($60.00) per ton.
3. Unsecured Loads: any person bringing an unsecured load for disposal at any Power County Facility shall be charged an additional ten dollars ($10.00) fee.
4. Dead Animals: shall be charged a fee of forty-five dollars ($45.00) per ton.
5. Tires: shall be charged three dollars ($3.00) per tire, or for more than six (6) tires, a fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per ton will be charged proportionally to the weight of the load.
6. Tire On Rims: shall be charged seven dollars ($7.00) per tire/rim combination.
7. Big Truck Tires: shall be charged ten dollars ($10.00) per tire.
8. Big Truck Tires on Rim: shall be charged sixteen dollars ($16.00) per tire/rim combination or for rims without tires.
9. Agricultural Tires: shall be charged two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per ton.
J. Satellite Transfer Sites: Waste deposited at any Power County Satellite Transfer Site shall be charged fees as follows:
1. Pick-up Truck No Trailer: shall be granted one (1) free load per day. Thereafter a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per load shall be charged.
2. Other Sizes of Loads: no load transported in anything other than a pick-up truck or a trailer without a truck load will be accepted at a satellite transfer site. Any larger load must be transported to the American Falls Transfer Station.
3. Unsecured Loads: any person bringing an unsecured load for disposal at any Power County Facility shall be charged an additional ten dollars ($10.00) fee.
4. Non-Accepted Items: tire, rims, freon units, and truck and trailers loads are not accepted at any satellite stations.
5. Specialized Waste: The fees for the following types of specialized waste disposal at any satellite site, when said materials are properly separated, as determined by the staff evaluating each load presented for disposal at any Power County Facility, shall be as follows:
a. Construction/Demolition: shall be charged thirty dollars ($30.00) per load.
b. Brush: shall be charged twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per load.
c. Metal: shall not be charged a fee.
K. Out of County Waste: Any waste delivered to the transfer station which originates from outside of Power County, or is presented for disposal by a non-Power County resident will not be accepted.
L. Right to Refuse Excessive or Nonconforming Waste: The County reserves the right to refuse to accept waste presented for disposal at any Power County facility, if in the discretion of the staff at said facility, the waste does not conform to that which can be safely accepted and disposed of in compliance with state and federal laws and regulation, or which the facility lacks the capacity to efficiently and effectively dispose of.
M. Right to Charge for Contaminated Loads: The County reserves the right to charge a fee calculated by Staff for the cost of cleaning up contaminated loads dumped in specialized containers. The fee shall be based on the cost of workhours plus machinery, with the minimum fee being one hundred dollars ($100.00)
N. Free Days:
1. Twice annually on a schedule to be established by the cities and the county there shall be a free day for residential yard waste.
2. Additional free days may be provided on a schedule established by the State to dispose of specifically designated hazardous materials.
O. Miscellaneous Fees: From time to time the Power County Landfill, at the direction of the Power county Board of County Commissioners, may provide for sale, any biproducts from the Power County Landfill, including but not limited to, surplus topsoil, wood chips, gravel, etc. ((Res. 94-05, 9-15-1994; amd. Res. 97-08, 9-22-1997; Res. 99-07, 9-27-1999; Res. 2000-07, 8-28-2000; Res. 2001-3, 5-29-2001; Res. 2001-4, 5-29-2001; Ord. 2022-01, 4-25-2022)