Title
A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute An Interlocal Agreement With Broward County For Solid Waste Disposal And Recyclable Materials Processing Authority Of Broward County, Florida; Authorizing The Expenditure Of Funds To Defray The Cost Of A Study In An Amount Not To Exceed $158,000.00.
Strategic Plan Focus
Resilience & Sustainability
Body
Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
June 7, 2023 - continued pending County approval.
May 17, 2023
The City signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) in 2019 with the County partnering with other County municipalities creating a Solid Waste Working Group to recommend strategies and solutions to establish a regional solid waste and recyclables management system based on shared principles and commitments.
In 2022, a first amendment was made to this MOU, providing for joint funding of a regional solid waste generation study. This study was needed to help in the creation of a coordinated, cost-effective, and environmentally sustainable system by which to dispose of waste and recyclable materials.
The result of the study has Broward County and its municipalities now entering into a long-term agreement to develop and implement an environmentally sustainable, transparent, innovative, and economically efficient plan. This plan would create an independent legal entity known as the Solid Waste Disposal and Recyclable Materials Processing Authority.
Broward County has agreed to contribute up to 50% of the total cost of the Authority, with the remaining 50% of such costs to be paid on a pro rata basis by the municipalities, based on population. The City of Hollywood’s contribution would be $157,339.98, not to exceed $158,000.00.
In order for the Authority to be approved and executed, it must be approved by municipalities representing at least 75% of the total population of Broward County. The Department of Public Works would like to enter into the long term Interlocal Agreement with Broward County and other participating Broward County municipalities to create this entity.
The Director of Public Works recommends that the City Commission authorize the appropriate City officials to execute an agreement with Broward County to execute an Interlocal Agreement for a forty-year period with up to two possible 10-year extensions if approved by the City of Hollywood and the County Commission.
Fiscal Impact:
Funding for this agreement is available in the FY 2023 Operating Budget in account number 445.520101.53400.531170.000000.000.000.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Joseph S. Kroll, Director, Department of Public Works
Gus Zambrano, Assistant City Manager for Sustainable Development