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C. 17

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	January 9, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

FIX JANUARY 23, 2018 FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH THE NON-FRANCHISE SOLID WASTE HAULER FEE

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/09/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Marilyn Underwood (925) 692-2521
cc:	EH Director EH Staff IOC Staff CAO Deputy H7HS DCD Solid Waste

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 9, 2018
,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

1. FIX January 23, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. for a public hearing to consider establishing a fee for the permitting of solid waste hauling by non-franchise haulers in the unincorporated county area.



2. DIRECT the Clerk of the Board to publish the required notices pursuant to Government Code section 6062(a).

FISCAL IMPACT:

No net fiscal impact. The new fee is anticipated to offset the additional costs to the Environmental Health Division of administering the new program.

Since this is a new program, an estimate of the staff time and resources required is necessary in order to establish the non-franchise solid waste hauler permit fee. As the program matures and data is collected through the Environmental Health data management system, which tracks staff time in significant detail, the fees can be adjusted by a future Board of Supervisors resolution to reflect the program-specific expenditure of resources. Environmental Health recommends an inaugural permit fee that is based on slightly more than one hour of staff time for which, at the Board of Supervisors previously adopted hourly rate of $174/hour, would be a $220 annual fee for each non-franchise solid waste hauler vehicle. This fee is slightly higher the permit fee for the Septic Pumper Truck permit and seemingly a good proxy for the additional time commitment for a non-franchise solid waste hauler permit.

BACKGROUND:

On December 5, 2017, the Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 2017-16, which established a permit program for specified non-franchised solid waste haulers. The provisions of the non-franchise solid waste hauler ordinance require that an annual health permit be issued by Contra Costa Environmental Health. Environmental Health is an agency that is largely fee-funded and where the cost of regulatory oversight is paid for by health permit fees. Consistent with that longstanding practice, the permit for the non-franchise solid waste haulers would include an associated fee intended to pay for regulatory oversight in addition to application and permit processing.

The activities to be funded by the new fee include but are not limited to application review, initial vehicle inspection, field surveillance and enforcement, revocation proceedings, and program administration including the development of forms, public education and outreach, and website content maintenance.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Failure to notice and conduct a public hearing to establish the new program fee would prohibit the Contra Costa Environmental Health Division from recovering program costs.