County of Monterey - File #: 18-1014

• File #: 18-1014
• Name: Waste Incentive Reserve Account Fund 019
• Type: General Agenda Item
• Status: Health Department - Consent
• File created: 10/1/2018
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 10/16/2018
• Title: Approve and authorize the Health Department to use all remaining funds in the Waste Incentive Reserve Account Fund 019, Unit 8113, Appropriation HEA005, BSA 2603, to pay for costs associated with solid waste diversion programs to achieve State diversion mandates, for franchise agreement oversight, and for services related to waste management issues impacting rate payers within unincorporated Monterey County.

Title
Approve and authorize the Health Department to use all remaining funds in the Waste Incentive Reserve Account Fund 019, Unit 8113, Appropriation HEA005, BSA 2603, to pay for costs associated with solid waste diversion programs to achieve State diversion mandates, for franchise agreement oversight, and for services related to waste management issues impacting rate payers within unincorporated Monterey County.

Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Health Department to use all remaining funds in the Waste Incentive Reserve Account Fund 019, Unit 8113, Appropriation HEA005, BSA 2603, to pay for costs associated with solid waste diversion programs to achieve State diversion mandates, for franchise agreement oversight, and for services related to waste management issues impacting rate payers within unincorporated Monterey County.

SUMMARY:
The Health Department's Environmental Health Bureau is responsible for meeting State of California mandates regarding recycling and solid waste for unincorporated Monterey County. These laws are codified in the following statues: The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939), Mandatory Commercial Recycling (AB 341, 2011, Chesbro. Solid waste: diversion), Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling (AB 1826, 2014, Chesbro. Solid waste: organic waste), The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), The Short-lives climate pollutants Act (SB1383, 2016, Lara), and other laws which establish certain waste diversion goals for the State of California.

These laws mandate increasing diversion of material over time. Individual materials such as construction and demolition material and organic material have individual targets in addition to the total material diversion target. For construction and demolition material (including lumber, drywall, metals, masonry, and other related material) the current target diversion rate is sixty five perc...