HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 3199 1982-08-09
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RESOLUTION NO. ~/99
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING LITIGATION
AGAINST THE COUNTY OF ORANGE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF GATE FEES FOR LANDFILLS AND TRANSFER STATIONS
AND AGREEING TO PARTICIPATE FINANCIALLY IN THAT
LITIGATION.
WHEREAS, the cities in Orange County recognize the need to identify additional
sources of funding for solid waste management and support upgrading
the system; and
WHEREAS, the cities of Orange County recognize that some type of gate fee at
the county's landfills and transfer stations is an eventual
necessity; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Supervisors on July 13, 1982 unanimously
adopted a solid waste management gate fee; and
WHEREAS, the public and cities of Orange County received three working days
notice of the Board's intent to consider the imposition of this new
fee; and
WHEREAS, three days is hardly enough time for adequate and thorough review of
the complex fee proposal and the three-inch thick consultant report
and appendices submitted to the Board on July 13, 1982; and
WHEREAS, this gate fee was adopted prior to the establishment of any formal
mechanism for future input by cities into the solid waste management
decision-making or fee setting process; and
WHEREAS, as a result of this new fee the City of Seal Beach will be required
to either pay the fee out of their general funds or authorize a
higher rate for trash collection, meaning then, that cities will
directly or indirectly be responsible for financing approximately
85% of the county's solid waste management costs; and
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach objects to the Board's decision to implement
this fee for FY 1982-83 after FY 1982-83 had already begun and the
budget planning process for most cities had been completed; and
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WHEREAS, a committee of City AttorneY; has reviewed the County's action to approve
the gate fees and has suggested that several legal violations may have
been committed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Seal Beach,
California, does hereby agree to participate in litigation against the County of
Orange over the implementation of gate fees and agrees to participate financially
in that legal action. at a cost to the City not to exceed $1500.00.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council 91 the City of Sea}'8each, -L
California, at a meeting thereof held on the r:L'!' day of (..Ltn!?. '''~ '
1982, by the following vot . ~
AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSENT: Councilmembers
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