St. Lucie County signs interlocal with Port St. Lucie for municipal solid waste and recyclables management

The Board on July 22 approved an interlocal agreement with the City of Port St. Lucie under which the county will manage municipal solid waste and recyclables delivered by the city to the county landfill and processing system. Key business terms include: the city will deliver designated recyclable materials identified in the agreement’s Exhibit A; the city may divert up to 80% of its yard trash elsewhere but must deliver at least 20% of yard trash tonnage to the county each fiscal year; the county will charge per-ton tipping fees set out in the agreement with October start dates; the county may adjust fees annually based on consumer-price-index changes up to an individual-year cap of 3 percent; and net recycling revenues will be split, with the county receiving 50 percent and the remaining 50 percent allocated to the city pro rata based on its share of delivered tonnage and segregated cardboard under Exhibit C. Staff said the term of the interlocal runs from October (start year) through Sept. 30, 2035, and that the city recently approved the same agreement on its side. Commissioners approved the agreement.