Letter from SWAC
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IDAHO
MAYOR
Tammy de Weerd
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Keith Bird
Christine Donnell
Charles M. Rountree
ShaUll Wardle
CITY DEPARTMENTS
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October 24, 2005
To:
Mayor and City Council
From: Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SW AC) Recommendation
Nancy Mann, Chair
RE:
Solid Waste Landfill Commitment Request from Ada County
Pursuant to your direction the Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SW AC) met
on October 20,2005 to discuss the request by Ada County. Officials from Ada
County and from Idaho Waste Systems (IWS) were present. The Committee made
inquiries of Ada County and from IWS in reaching its conclusion. After thorough
discussion the Committee makes the following recommendation:
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Commit to the North cell expansion proposed by Ada County;
The commitment shall be for the continuance ofthe historical usage ofthe
County landfill and the method and operation as has been done to date;
Reserve the right to maintain control over the waste stream produced by the
City of Meridian;
The City's commitment shall only be the use of the current landfill and the
North cell expansion;
A diversion to another waste site by the City's vendor, will only be at the
City's discretion;
Ada County has committed to provide the City annual notice by April 1 of
each year to any possible request for rate increase;
Ada County has committed to maintaining better dialogue between the County
and the City and its vendor on solid waste issues;
Ada County has committed to the continuation of the current recycling and
alternative waste disposal systems.
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The Committee strongly felt that the City needs to re-assert its right to retain
control over its solid waste stream. The Committee also felt the Ada County
landfill was a reasonable disposal site and the continuation of service is for the
benefit of the citizens of Meridian and should be continued. The Committee did
not feel that alternative sites to the current landfill were in the City's best interest
at this time. The City should retain its right to make those
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decisions when or if the need arises. The City can address those alternatives in the future,
but should continue with the current operations and historical usage of the landfill.
Thanks for the opportunity to have provided this recommendation.
Dated this - day of October, 2005.
Nancy Mann
Chair