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REPORT ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CHARGE APPEAL AND ADOPTION OR RESOLUTION IMPLEMENTING POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE ANOKA CO~JNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT COORDINATING BOARD AND DEC[eARING SOLID WASTE RECYCLING GOAL FOR MUNICIPAL OWNED AND OPERATED FACILITIES By: Jessie Hart, Finance Officer On Wednesday, iSeptember 14, 1994, I appeared before the Solid Waste Management Charge Appeals Board on behalf of the City of Ramsey. I had requested the hearing in an attempt to have the solid waste r~anagement charge (SWMC) abated from the City's tax-exempt properties for calendar year 1994. The appeal was denied and we will receive no abatement for 1994, other than an additional 20 l~ercent upon adoption of the attached resolution. The background of the SWMC was covered several months ago when the County agreed on the charge and that i",t was to be placed on the 1994 property tax statements for "waste generating" parcels. This affected the Municipal site, Central Park, the two sites that Public Works occupies and Rivers Bend !Park/Well House. The original charges had already been reduced by 40 percent for municipalities. The Board also declared that municipal operations would also receive an additional 20 percent reduction if a Reiolution Implementing Policies Adopted by the Anoka County Integrated Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board and Declaring Solid Waste Recycling Goal for Municipal Owned and Oper.~ted Facilities was adopted by the City Council. The City had originally paid a total reduced SWMC of $650.29 and upon adoption of the attached resolution, the City of Ramsey will receive the ai:lditional 20 percent reduction which amounts to $216.77. This leaves a total of $433.52 that the City will have paid for the 1994 SWMC. While the City already meets, and exceeds, the goals and objectives outlined in the attached policies, as adopted by the Anoka County Integrated Soli~d Waste Management Coordinating Board, it is the intent of staff to continue current policies. Therefore, it is staffs recommendation that the attached ~'esolution be adopted and forwarded to the Anoka County Waste Management Committee for r~ognition and processing. Upon receipt, the City will receive a refund of $216.77 which represents l~he additional 20 percent reduction to the SWMC.