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Thurston County advisory committee backs ordinance to remove solid-waste rates from code and adopt future rate-setting by resolution
Summary
The Solid Waste Advisory Committee voted to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve a code amendment removing explicit rates from Thurston County Code chapter 8.12 and allowing future rates for WARC, drop boxes and the Hazo House to be set by resolution; a public hearing is scheduled for Nov. 4 and a rate resolution is expected in
Thurston County Solid Waste Advisory Committee members voted to recommend that the county amend Thurston County Code chapter 8.12 to remove fixed rates for the Waste-to-Energy and recycling facilities, drop boxes and Hazo House and instead set future rates by resolution.
Amanda Romero of Thurston County Public Works introduced the proposed ordinance, saying the change was “to strike out the rates from our Thurston County code” because using a resolution “is a much more efficient mechanism by which to update rates as needed.” Romero told the committee a public hearing on the ordinance is scheduled for Nov. 4 at 3:30 p.m., and that the commissioners will consider a separate…
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