Title
A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute A First Amendment To The Memorandum Of Understanding With Broward County And Other Participating Municipalities Regarding Collaborative Study And Subsequent Development Of An Integrated Solid Waste And Recycling System; Authorizing The Expenditure Of Funds Not To Exceed $45,000.00.
Strategic Plan Focus
Resilience & Sustainability
Body
Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The City signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") in 2019 with the County partnering with other County municipalities creating a Solid Waste Working Group ("SWWG") to recommend strategies and solutions to establish a regional solid waste and recyclables management system based on shared principles and commitments.
The MOU was an agreement among the County and those municipalities that, in order to be both effective and enduring, the system must be a collaborative venture based on certain principles and commitments, including
* Mutual pledges of solid waste flow for an extended period of time,
* Consideration of all possible governance structures, with a preference for one that maintains local control and flexibility,
* Common control and/or responsibility of acquired and constructed public assets and liabilities,
* Setting of tipping and other fees, and
* Recognition that robust recycling programs are necessary even if the current condition of the recycling market imposes additional short-term costs.
The resolution is the First Amendment to this MOU, and contains terms agreeing to jointly fund a regional solid waste generation study. This study is necessary to obtain information on the types and estimates of the amounts of waste generated residents, businesses etc. to help in the creation of a coordinated, cost-effective, and environmentally sustainable system by which to dispose of solid waste and recyclable ma...
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