§ 8.24.050. Cubic yard fee assessment— Local solid waste management fund.

Every operator of a sanitary landfill and/or solid waste land disposal facility in Porter County shall be assessed a fee of twenty cents ($.20) per cubic yard of solid waste deposited in their sanitary landfill and/or solid waste land disposal facility. The Porter County board of health shall implement reasonable rules and regulations for assuring compliance with the cubic yard fee assessment contained herein and shall be responsible for monitoring compliance with the payment of the fee.

All such fees collected hereunder shall be deposited in a cumulative nonreverting fund administered and managed by the Porter County treasurer. This fund shall be known as the Porter County local solid waste management fund.

Moneys contained in the fund may only be expended pursuant to an appropriation approved by the Porter County council pursuant to applicable Indiana State Statutes controlling the appropriation and expenditure process.

Moneys deposited in the Porter County local solid waste management fund shall first be appropriated by the Porter County council and expended by the Porter County board of health to pay the costs associated with the monitoring and regulating responsibilities required by this chapter.

The remainder of the funds contained in the Porter County local solid waste management fund shall be appropriated by the Porter County council and expended by the Porter County board of health pursuant to a program of grant funding to local units of government and private industry to promote, encourage and implement recycling activities and programs in Porter County. The Porter County board of health shall formulate guidelines for implementation of the recycling grant program.

(Ord. 89-16 § 5)