General organic material shall be accepted at the discretion of the compost facility operator and charged a fee for acceptance at the rate set by council resolution. The compost facility operator shall punch the card, purchased in advance at Langley City Hall, for the amount of material dumped.
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Biosolids and/or septage may be accepted at the discretion of the public works director or the director's designee. When the waste stream consists of slurry with less than three percent solids, it shall be accepted and charged a fee at the rate per gallon as set by council resolution. When the waste stream consists of dewatered cake material, the fee for acceptance shall be per cubic yard as set by council resolution. The compost facility operator shall provide billing information to the public works director by the tenth day of the month following the month in which biosolids or septage was received.
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The acceptance of any compostable material shall be at the discretion of the compost facility operator. The compost facility operator shall determine the suitability of the material, the quality of the material, and the need for composting material and the ability to refuse acceptance shall be within the authority of the operator.
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The city of Langley shall determine the hours that the composting facility will be open to accept compostable material. The city shall establish hours of operation and the operator shall not vary from the established hours without prior authorization from the city.
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A. 
Finished compost shall be sold by the cubic yard. The fee for finished compost shall be set by resolution of the city council.
1. 
Small quantity and/or retail sales (10 cubic yards or less) shall prepay at Langley City Hall and the purchaser shall display his/her receipt to the compost facility operator at the time of loading.
2. 
Large quantity and/or wholesale sales (greater than 10 cubic yards) may be billed to the purchaser with prior approval from the city. A down payment may be required for large quantity and/or wholesale sales. It shall be the responsibility of the composting facilities operator to report quantities to City Hall who will then bill the customer for the sale of finished compost.
B. 
The city of Langley public works department may use finished compost for city purposes at no cost to the public works department.
C. 
The city of Langley may also, from time to time, declare a surplus of compost and set a special surplus sale price. Surplus sale prices may deviate significantly from the fee schedule.
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The collection of all funds associated with the composting operation, including but not limited to the sale of punch cards, acceptance of compostable material not associated with a punch card, and the sale of finished compost, shall be performed at City Hall. No funds related to the operation of the compost facility shall be collected, handled, transferred, or submitted by the compost facility operator. Any billing statements generated by the compost facility operator shall be forwarded to City Hall for disposition.
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To the extent that the city of Langley sponsors spring cleanup events or other similar activities, the fees contained in the fee schedule, as set by council resolution, may be temporarily waived through the action of the city council. The event coordinator shall be required to follow the rules established by the city for disposal of event-generated material.
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