Legislation Details

File #: 260132    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: In Council-Passage
File created: 5/12/2026 In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action:
Effective date:    
Title: An ordinance relating to state requirements for recycling and other purposes.
Sponsors: ALD. SPIKER
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultTallyAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
5/20/20260 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE

Minutes note: Appeared Ald. Spiker Appeared Max Drickey (Legislative & Fiscal Services Specialist) Appeared Laura Stevens (Resource Recovery Manager, DPW-Operations-Administration) Appeared Rick Meyers (DPW-Sanitation Services Manager)
Pass5:0 Action details Meeting details Video Video
5/12/20260 COMMON COUNCIL ASSIGNED TO   Action details Meeting details Not available
Number
260132
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. SPIKER
Title
An ordinance relating to state requirements for recycling and other purposes.
Section
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79-27-1 am
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79-37-Title am
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79-43-0 rn
79-43-2 cr
81-15.5-3 rp
Analysis
This ordinance updates City solid waste regulations to reflect revisions to state administrative requirements under s. 287.11, Wis. Stats., and ch. NR 544, Wis. Adm. Code, and removes or updates provisions that were determined by the department to be ineffective or unenforceable.

The ordinance makes the following changes:
1. Corrects a statutory citation related to solid waste.

2. Updates definitions and reclassifies waste tires as a special recyclable material.

3. Includes owners along with occupants for certain recycling regulations.

4. Clarifies recycling collection standards and notification requirements for multi-family dwellings and non-residential facilities and properties.

5. Prohibits the relocation or obscuration of recycling bins for the purpose of deterring or preventing use by a property’s users or residents.

6. Allows the issuance of citations for enforcement.

7. Eliminates a stop fee assessed for a failure to report the removal of bulky waste from private property when such a failure results in the dispatch of a City crew to that property.
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