CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities or designee to execute an interlocal agreement with King County to receive payments for the disposal of residual waste from Material Recovery Facilities in the City of Seattle; amending Ordinance 126725, which adopted the 2023 budget; changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
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WHEREAS, recyclable materials collected within King County’s Solid Waste Jurisdiction, which does not include materials from The City of Seattle (“City”), are sent to Material Recovery Facilities within the City; and
WHEREAS, when the Material Recovery Facilities within Seattle sort the collected material to separate recyclables, a residual volume of materials collected within the County’s Solid Waste Jurisdiction cannot be recycled and need to be disposed; and
WHEREAS, the City and King County are authorized to enter this agreement regarding the disposal of those residuals under chapter 39.34 RCW (the Interlocal Cooperation Act); and
WHEREAS, a cooperative agreement regarding the disposal of residuals will benefit both parties and their ratepayers; and
WHEREAS, it is beneficial to the City to enter into an agreement with King County regarding solid waste disposal of residuals; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities, or designee, is authorized to execute, for and on behalf of The City of Seattle, the Interlocal Agreement for Disposal of Residual Solid Waste, substantially in the form of the Interlocal Agreement attached to this ordinance as Attachment 1.
Section 2. In order to pay for necessary costs and expenses in 2023, but for which insufficient appropriations were made due to causes that could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of the making of the 2023 Budget, appropriations for the following items in the 2023 Budget are increased from the funds shown, as follows:
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Item |
Fund |
Department |
Budget Summary Level |
Amount |
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2.1 |
Solid Waste Fund (45010) |
Seattle Public Utilities |
General Expense (BO-SU-N000B) |
$900,000 |
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Total |
|
$900,000 |
Section 3. Any act consistent with authority of this ordinance taken after its passage and prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by a 3/4 vote of all the members of the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2023, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this ________ day of _________________________, 2023.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved / returned unsigned / vetoed this _____ day of _________________, 2023.
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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2023.
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Elizabeth M. Adkisson, Interim City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Interlocal Agreement Disposal of Solid Waste