TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Cale Curtis, City Manager
DATE: August 23, 2023
Title
RESOLUTION - APPROVING APPOINTEE AND ALTERNATE TO THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS PROCESSING AUTHORITY OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Body
BACKGROUND: On June 7, 2023, the City Commission approved the Interlocal Agreement Related to Solid Waste Disposal and Recyclable Materials Processing Authority of Broward County, between Broward County and the Municipalities in Broward County. To become effective, the ILA must be approved and executed by the County and municipalities representing at least 75% of the total population of Broward County. Mayor Greg Ross, Chair of the Solid Waste Working Group, has advised that they have surpassed that requirement with 28 municipalities and Broward County as participants to the ILA.
It is the mission of the "Solid Waste Disposal and Recyclable Materials Processing Authority of Broward County" (the "Authority"), a collaboration between participating Municipalities and Broward County, to develop and implement a long-term, environmentally sustainable, transparent, innovative, and economically efficient plan and approach to disposal, reduction, recycling, and reuse of solid waste generated in Broward County.
The Governing Board of the Authority shall adopt a Master Plan and a proposed Facilities Amendment to the ILA, which will collectively describe the Authority's operations in detail, provide the comprehensive planning framework and strategic direction to manage system waste, set forth the facilities that will be operated as part of the system, and describe the funding/financing mechanisms for the Authority.
The next step in the process, to be provided for by this resolution, is for the City Commission to designate the elected officials to serve as the City's appointee and alternate to the Governing Board of the Solid Waste Disposal and Recyclable Materials P...
Click here for full text