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. SHERBURNE COUNTY BOARDIELK RIVER CITY COUNCIL 2/23/99 Stephen Rohlf Discussion Item #7 - Solid Waste Issues (Elk River Landfill) Sherburne County staff and City of Elk River staff continue to work jointly on regulating the landfill. The staffs have also taken great effort to coordinate the county's and city's permits with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA) permit. This coordinated effort gives all three entities greater persuasive power with the landfill to accomplish what needs to be done environmentally and also eliminates conflicting requirements for the landfill's sake. The next major issue for the landfill that staffwill be considering is a revision to their Industrial Waste Management Plan. (SCORE) The City of Elk River is working with the Cities of Big Lake, Becker, and Zimmerman on an agreement to jointly own and use a large wood chipper. The large size of the chipper makes it more efficient for these cities, but also puts it out of a single cities price . range, were they to purchase it individually. Sherburne County has awarded $35,000 a year for the next four years to be put toward the purchase ofthis wood chipper. The City of Elk River wants to thank the Sherburne County Board for this grant and looks forward to working with the county on other landfill abatement projects in 1999. [Tipping Fee at the Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) Plant] The city's contract with the county to dispose of its waste at the RDF Plant expires on December 31, 1999. The current tipping fee of $46.00/ton that the city pays is proposed to be raise to $51.00/ton in 2000 and $56.00/ton in 2001. The city is concerned with the county meeting their tonnage quota at the RDF Plant, but with private haulers receiving a much better rate at the landfill the new tipping fee rate may be hard to economically justify to our residents. An option would be to let the haulers dispose of the city's waste wherever they can find the best deal as long as it is environmentally safe. The city's contract with the haulers is up for renewal in October. .