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Council adopts solid‑waste fee changes and temporary relief mechanism for haulers after transfer‑station disruptions
Summary
The council approved a substitute ordinance to set solid‑waste fees, adding an amendment that allows the department to reduce regional direct fees to Cedar Hills landfill when two or more transfer stations are closed for multiple days; the measure passed 8–1 with Councilmember Dunn voting no.
The Metropolitan King County Council on Sept. 16 approved a substitute ordinance setting fees for recycling and transfer facilities and Cedar Hills Regional Landfill, and added a late amendment giving the Department of Natural Resources and Parks authority to reduce certain regional direct fees when multiple transfer stations are closed.
The amendment (Amendment 1) authorizes the director of the county’s Solid Waste Division to implement reduced regional direct fees to Cedar Hills Regional Landfill when two or more transfer stations are closed and haulers must haul directly to Cedar Hills. The amendment describes a tiered rate structure tied to the number of days of…
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