(May 24) The county of San Bernardino is compensating seven of the county’s cities for hosting landfills or trash transfer stations.
The San Bernardino County Department of Public Works Solid Waste Management Division oversees the operation of the county’s landfills as well as the trash transfer stations for its regional solid waste management system.
According to San Bernardino County Director of Public Works Gerry Newcombe, “The Solid Waste Enterprise Environmental Mitigation Fund was established on May 22, 1989 when the board of supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 3334 which established a $1 per ton surcharge. The fund provides separate accountability of that portion of the tipping fee designated as a resource for addressing solid waste facilities’ impacts on local communities.”
Newcombe continued, “Following the creation of the fund, an agreement defining distribution and use of collected fees was developed and subsequently approved by the Solid Waste Advisory Task Force on September 19, 1991 and the board of supervisors on March 23, 1992. Agreements with each city in the county that had a landfill within its boundary or sphere of influence were subsequently approved. On July 10, 2001, the board approved a fund use policy. In accordance with this policy, projects or programs must reduce, avoid, or otherwise mitigate impacts arising from the operations and management of a county owned landfill or transfer station to be eligible for use of these monies.”
In 2011-12, Colton was provided with $115,523.23 for hosting operations at the Colton Landfill and as of early this week was provided with $64,788 for hosting operations there so far in 2012-13.
In 2011-12, Fontana was provided with $1,563,963.33 for its share of hosting operations at the Mid-Valley Landfill which lies at the border of Fontana and Rialto. As of early this week Fontana had been provided with $1,218,859.02 for hosting operations at Mid-Valley so far in 2012-13.
In 2011-12, Rialto was provided with $1,003,784.73 for its share of hosting operations at the Mid-Valley Landfill. As of early this week Rialto had been provided with $1,326,759.60 for hosting operations at Mid-Valley so far in 2012-13.
In 2011-12, Redlands was provided with $136,825 for hosting operations at the San Timoteo  Landfill. As of early this week Redlands had been provided with $101,444 for hosting operations at San Timoteo Landfill so far in 2012-13.
In 2011-12, Barstow was provided with $36,086.50  for hosting operations at the Barstow  Landfill. As of early this week Barstow had been provided with $28,969 for hosting operations at San Timoteo Landfill so far in 2012-13.
In 2011-12 Victorville was provided with $127,719.50 for hosting operations at the Victorville Landfill. As of early this week Victorville had been provided with $88,905 for hosting operations at the Victorville Landfill so far in 2012-13.
In 2011-12 Twentynine Palms was provided with $7,997.50 for hosting operations at the Twentynine Palms Landfill and Transfer Station. As of early this week Twentynine Palms had been provided with $5,153 for hosting operations at the Twentynine Palms Landfill so far in 2012-13.
This week, at Newcombe’s request, the county board of supervisors appropriated $1,148,919 to endow the Solid Waste Enterprise Environmental Mitigation Fund with enough money to make the final installments of this year’s payments to the seven host cities with a county landfill or transfer station by the end of June.