Online Gate Fee Account Application

Dear Potential Gate Fee Customer:

This is in response to your request to open a Gate Fee Account with the Kern County Public Works Department. Please find attached the forms necessary to complete the process. These forms must be completed and returned to our department before your request will be considered.

The review process includes a review of your credit rating. We ask that you please allow seven to ten business days for this review to be completed. We will notify you of our decision to approve or decline your request upon completion of the review process.

Upon approval, we will assign your company a gate fee account code and a credit limit. The credit limit will be based upon estimated tonnage to be disposed of and, if necessary, financial consideration from the credit report. Your credit limit serves as a safeguard to your business and the people of Kern County by limiting abuses or unauthorized use of the account.

If you have the need to hire a contract hauler and would like to allow them to charge to your account, the following requirements apply.

• Provide the hauler a "Letter of Authorization" on your company's letterhead. Include the date, account code, hauler name, landfill to be used and the date(s) you authorize the hauler to use the account or a specified number of loads allowed.
• Your letter must be signed by an individual authorized to accept the charges to the gate fee account.
• The hauler must present the letter to the gate attendant at the landfill.

According to the County of Kern, Board of Supervisors, Resolution No. 93-313 (Exhibit A), Gate Fee Accounts are invoiced on the eighth of each month and become delinquent 30 days after that date. Use of this account constitutes acceptance of the terms of the attached agreement carefully to avoid confusion or costly penalties.

If you have any questions, please contact the Public Works Accounts Receivable Section at (661) 862-5295.

Download the below form as a PDF here.

Fax or mail your completed paper application to:

Kern County Public Works Department
Attn: Accounts Receivable
2700 M Street, Ste 500
Bakersfield, CA 93301

Fax: (661) 862-8905

Request for Gate Fee Account

Application for Gate Fee Account to utilize Kern County Disposal Sites