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Solid Waste Management System (B)
This item involves a request for the Commission to discuss the status of the City and County solid waste management partnership moving forward.
Explanation
Since 1989 the City and County have bid residential refuse and recycling collection contracts jointly to reduce cost, saving both agencies millions of dollars compared to bidding separately. As the County was approaching closure of the SW Landfill in Archer, the City Commission supported an option of the county constructing a solid waste transfer facility and taking the waste to a regional solid waste disposal facility.
In 1998 after the County closed the SW Landfill and opened the Leveda Brown Solid Waste Transfer Facility, the city and county entered into an Interlocal Agreement wherein the county agrees to develop and operate facilities to provide cost-effective, environmentally responsible disposal of solid waste; and the City agrees to direct all the waste it has authority over to the county facility. The Interlocal Agreement has been amended to expire December 31, 2018.
Alachua County has an agreement with New River Solid Waste Association for the disposal of all solid waste handled by the Leveda Brown Solid Waste Transfer Facility. This agreement expires December 31, 2018.
The City has an agreement with the County for the processing and sale of the city’s recyclables at their facility, which expires September 30, 2016.
In previous joint City/County Commission discussions there has been agreement that the City/County needed to obtain Flow Control over all solid waste generated in Alachua County. Florida Statutes 403.713 allows for free flow of solid waste unless the local government undertakes a resource recovery from solid waste at which time they can institute a flow control ordinance. Otherwise flow control can be achieved either by contract, economic incentives, or through exclusive collection franchises.
Currently, Alachua County has flow control ...
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