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Consider approving an ordinance pertaining to Utilities, amending Section 22-1-4-144, Division 22-1-4, Article 22-1, Chapter 22, Lawton City Code 2015, by amending the percentage of the landfill gate fee to be three-fifths to the landfill gate fee account, one-fifth to the wards and one-fifth to solid waste to fund the litter abatement operations near the landfill, providing for severability, establishing an effective date and allowing for floor amendments.
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INITIATOR: Charlotte Brown, Community Services Director
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Charlotte Brown, Community Services Director
Cynthia Williams, Public Works Deputy Director
BACKGROUND: During a recent review of the code and while looking for a funding source for two additional Neighborhood Services Code Enforcement Officers (CEO), staff decided that the best source was to utilize a portion of the landfill gate fees to help fund these positions. While doing some additional research, it was decided to also change the split of the remainder of the funds. Three-fifths of the landfill gate fee will be placed into a landfill gate fee to help fund the CEOs. One-fifth of the fee will remain in the account for the Council members to use in their respective wards for improving infrastructure. The last one-fifth of the fee will go to Public Works in order to help fund the litter abatement operations that are required by ODEQ to maintain the primary travel routes that are used to haul solid waste to the landfill.
The current code splits it as three-quarters to the litter abatement operations and one-quarter to the Wards.
The current landfill gate fee is $3.45 per load.
The current split is $2.30 to the litter abatement operations and $1.15 to the wards.
The proposed new split will be $2.07 to the landfill gate fee account, $0.69 for the wards and $0.69 for the litter abatement operations.
One of the new CEOs will be pr...
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