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<br />. 3/3 <br />~e Chan2es in 1996 - 1997 <br /> Faced with the need to meet environmental goals in State law, but with reduced ordinance authority, counties <br /> are seeking new, more market-based approaches to sustain environmentally sound waste management systems. <br /> In 1996, Ramsey County negotiated contracts with waste haulers to assure that waste collected from Ramsey <br />- County customers would continue to be processed for energy recovery. Haulers party to these contracts are <br />- able to deliver Ramsey County waste to the Resource Recovery Facility at a reduced tipping fee of $38.00 per <br /> ton. Most haulers working in the County signed contracts effective June 1996 through December 1998. <br />I Ramsey County was able to use reserve funds to cover the reduction in tipping fee revenues for the last seven <br /> months of 1996. Ramsey County has turned to the WMSC to collect the revenue necessary in 1997 to replace <br />- the reduced tipping fee revenue. <br />- What This Means for Your Garba2e Bill <br />J1 <br /> The tipping fee, along with equipment, labor, insurance, and other business expenses, is a part of the cost of <br /> service haulers bill to customers. Haulers delivering Ramsey County waste under a delivery agreement pay a <br />I tipping fee of $12.00 less per ton to dispose of your waste than do haulers without an agreement. Waste haulers <br /> without an agreement must pay $50.00 per ton to deliver waste to the Facility. <br />. What This Means for Your 1997 Tax Statement <br /> The following table presents the change in the WMSC for each class of commercial property, 1995 to 1997. A <br />Ie reduction in the 1996 WMSC reflects withdrawal of reserve funds that could not be sustained in 1997. <br /> Property <br /> Class Waste Volume 1995 WMSC 1996 WMSC 1997 WMSC <br />I A Less than 520 cubic yds.lyr. $ 40.42 $ 34.54 $ 54.54 <br /> B 520 - 2,600 cubic yds.lyr. $ 261.28 $ 223.96 $ 351.52 <br /> C Over 2,600 cubic yds.lyr. $ 2,330.58 $ 2,058.75 $ 3,279.26 <br />I Waste Mana2ement Technical Assistance and Information Available <br />I If you currently do not have a comprehensive recycling and waste prevention program or would like more <br /> information on waste prevention opportunities, help is available. The Ramsey County Division of Solid Waste <br /> offers Ramsey County businesses and institutions information and technical assistance to help evaluate and <br />I implement waste prevention and recycling options. A small portion of the commercial WMSC helps fund these <br /> services. You are invited to take advantage of them. Please call 773-4444 for additional information. <br />I <br />I <br />I. 1/97 Printed on recycled paper with a minimum of I 0% post-consumer content. <br />I <br />I <br />