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Home My Public Portal AboutResolution 22-93 Fees for the dumping of septage wastes RESOLUTION NO. 22-93 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF McCALL, IDAHO, RELATING TO FEES FOR THE DUMPING OF SEPTAGE WASTES. WHEREAS Title 6 of the McCall City Code provides for the setting of rates by resolution, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of McCall that: Section 1. Rates for the dumping of septage wastes at the Treatment Plant are to be the following: Septage Dumping The fee for dumping shall be at the rate of twenty-five dollars ($25.00)per one thousand (1,000) gallons based on tank capacity or actual flow measurement, thus 2.5 cents per gallon. The minimum fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00). Fees for dumping shall become past due on the tenth of the month following the dumping, and nonpayment shall incur penalties, incur interest, and subject the debtor to termination of services, in like fashion as sewer service charges. Section 2. This resolution shall be effective from and after the date of its passage. Passed and approved July 28, 1993. • dri1 .-:! Laurence A. Smith, Jr. Mayor AT ST: Arthur J./ chmidt, City Cl- k . . ... . . :. . . .. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . 41,0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v . „ i \ 1 - j A \'L' / ' 4 t .44.. 1 N''' . ,) il A t ,P ,) 1 . i ' t , _. 1 ' - 1 Ni)i ,,,,C ' 0 e 1;041 , 'Ib - +j (3)--P7( Meeting reminder : SEPTAGE FEES MEETING MCCALL CITY HALL , JULY 22 , 1993 1 P .M. TO : JACK LIEUPO JEFF LAPPIN JOHN LEWINSKI BILL BAYSE OTHER OPERATORS \ 4\ 4 . July 14 , 1993 TO : Carl Hoss , Golf Pro H I. VA 11 CITY OF McCALL ) ----- , c9 -._.t ) , , P.O. BOX 1065 McCALL, IDAHO 83638 (208)-8347142 SUBJECT ,0"" DATE ,•••••°' ' ./ C .47to,•;,,,,,_ -••--'7-)-e."ID 1-i-c_. ,a,/(.-",t-c."----, , 11(7' E.2, 7._.......- MESSAGE: i / V .../ ..1 I. — , el til I J.1 'c... . , 0 ‘ i t) 61 2 , i (/ (....... ..- (2 1 v -- - I .Z. i-- /...„,,,,:„p_ „., Q -- /---,- ,... ORIGINATOR-DO ......... —e---.- NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE .REPLY TO r, SIGNED ..- REPLY _.--- .... • , , . . .. . . / - 4 DATE SIGNED • . SEND PARTS 1 AND 3 INTACT-PART 1 WILL BE RETURNED WITH REPLY ,-• ,,,,,.. RMCC-868-3 r' .' 'ORIGINATOR'S COPY ,..- . --- ,--,' • • , _„.. ------- ......._...__________.........._..., 1, July 22, 1993 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: City Administrator RE: Septage dumping fees This memo is to report on the meeting with Jeff Lappin, John Lewinski, Jack Lieupo, Bill and John Bayse and Ken Wolfinger held at 1 p.m. this date. A. COMPARABLE FEES: The rates of other communities for this service was noted as follows : Boise $21 . 90 per 1,000 gal Nampa $19 . 10 per 1,000 gal Caldwell $18 . 00 per 1,000 gal The proposed $50 fee may have serious environmental (groundwater pollution) , health, and redevelopment costs as people who have pumped with regularity, delay pumping. B. FACILITY MANAGEMENT: The access is uncontrolled and is accessible 24 hours a day. The local pumpers are not failing to report their dumping, however contract pumpers for the Forest Service during fire season were identified as the culprit of unauthorized and non-paid dumps . Working with the Forest Service to assign a person to the plant to log such dumps would resolve most of this problem. The estimated $35,000 cost to secure and manage this is not supportable financially or otherwise. (Fencing and control is for safety reasons, not for other security reasons . . .we have no theft problem of our product. ) C. BILL PAYMENT: A monthly bill as is now done, is the preferred bill payment process . I implored them to pay promptly to avoid threatening letters and administrative costs . D. RECOMMENDED ALTERNATE FEE: Based on the difficulty in measuring the content of the trucks (dipsticks will require opening the tank which will breach the vacuum and cause delays and maintenance difficulties) , the operators recommend the following fee schedule: $10 . 00 minimum charge for up to 400 gallons Load over 400 gallons, $2 .50 per 100 gallons (no minimum charge applied, in this case an average tank would pay $25 . 00 for 1000 gallons) . The group recommends this alternate fee unanimously. Bud Schmidt Cite of McCall OFFICE OF THE CLERK BOX 1065 MCCALL, IDAHO 83638 Record of septic dumpings, November 1991 through October, 1992 Loads Gallons October, 1992 40 36,850 September, 1992 72 90,870 August, 1992 112 166,40o July, 1992 53 42,300 June, 1992 39 28,925 May, 1992 31 24,700 April, 1992 30 25,750 March, 1992 16 13,650 February, 1992 10 '9,000 January, 1992 4 2,050 December, 1991 8 5,58o November, 1991 15 12 000 TOTALS 430 458,075 The city of Boise charges $22.00/1,000 gallons to dump with a $2.50 mininum fee. • City of McCall OFFICE OF THE CLERK BOX 1065 J MCCALL, IDAHO 83638 REPORT ON SEPTIC HAULERS Present System The city of McCall presently has a system based upon honor for septic dumpage. The septic dumpers have all been told that if they are caught dumping a load without informing us and filling out a dump slip they will never be allowed to dump at the sewer plant again. I have never caught an unauthorized septic dumper in 12 years. Closihz Plant Access The two openned gates to the compound would have to be locked in non-working hours to keep illegal dumps from occurring at the plant. This was tried in 1981 but was quickly abandoned because of the many people using the yard daily; both city and sewer district workers checking lift stations and storage areas. Both gates were destroyed by snow and snowplow damage during the winter. Mandatory Tank Check There is not always a man in the building during working hours. The person at ;work may be at the other end of the compound, at a water station, down at the river, or driving a machine. This person would have to be found and work interrupted to check every septic dump. Regular hours are not kept at the sewer plant. I rarely, if ever, work five eight hour days in consecutive order. I may check a line repair and do simple lab tests on a weekend and take time off in the middle of the week. A heavy lab day coupled with a meeting may take a 10 hour day balanced by a six hour day later in the week. A problem with a blower or a pump will be fixed in one day even though it will take over eight hours. Time worked will be reduced on another day in the week. Lunch will be anywhere from 11 to 2 depending upon work to be accomplished for the day. This work system would have to be abandoned to provide consistent hours to check every septic dump. Avoiding Charges A septic dumper could avoid all of these charges and inconveniences and still dump in the city system by simply lifting a manhole cover and dumping on a deserted street. Measuring Tank Volume The city has no way of measuring the volume of septage dumped. The only measure is the size of the tank of the truck and the degree to which it is filled. An average septic load is between 500-1,000 gallons. The charge could be standard for a septic load or a smaller portable toilet load eliminating the r need to measure the septage and could readily checked. City of McCall OFFICE OF THE CLERK BOX 1065 MCCALL, IDAHO 83638 Identity of Haulers The septic dumpers and the frequency of plant use are known. They are John Bayse, Jack Lieupo, Kenny Wohlfanger, Gary Jones, and Ray Alford. John Bayse and Jack Liepo carry the vast majority of septage dumped. There are extra dumpers during Forest Service fire station. The local dumpers would be foolish to dump without reporting it because they are so few of them that they would risk detection. Conclusion The type of septage could be easily checked but difficult to measure by random observation. A flat fee for a tank would be easier to check or charge for. The mandatory check of each load dumped would be a major inconvenience for both the hauler and the plant operator and there is no need for it based upon past history. 0 „.4._...jez,(.2_,. (___. John Lewinski Plant Operator