City of Milwaukee - File #: 131795

• File #: 131795
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/2/2014
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 4/22/2014
• Title: Substitute resolution approving an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement between the City of Milwaukee and Waukesha County regarding a Regional Recycling Agreement for Processing and Marketing Recyclables.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN
• Indexes: INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS, RECYCLING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/24/2014	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/22/2014	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
4/9/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Items #24 and #25 were taken up together. Individuals appearing: Ghassan Korban - Department of Public Works Preston Cole - Department of Public Works Rick Meyers - Department of Public Works Linda Burke - City Attorney's Office	Pass	5:0
4/4/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/2/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
131795
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
Substitute resolution approving an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement between the City of Milwaukee and Waukesha County regarding a Regional Recycling Agreement for Processing and Marketing Recyclables.
Analysis
This resolution approves an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement between the City of Milwaukee and Waukesha County regarding a Regional Recycling Agreement for Processing and Marketing Recyclables. The Commissioner of Public Works is authorized to execute the cooperation agreement on behalf of the City.
Body
Whereas, Both the City of Milwaukee and Waukesha County each own a Material Recovery Facility (“MRF”) that historically has been operated under private contract and has processed similar annual quantities of residential recyclables; and

Whereas, Between 2007 and 2012, a series of independent studies were completed by the City of Milwaukee and Waukesha County to determine the best future path for recyclable processing to adapt to the industry trend of single-stream collection and processing systems; and

Whereas, In 2013, the City of Milwaukee and Waukesha County executed an intergovernmental cooperation agreement and subsequently accepted proposals for the processing and marketing of combined City of Milwaukee/Waukesha County recyclables at either a privately-owned and operated MRF or a publicly-owned and privately-operated MRF; and

Whereas, In December 2013, after completing a competitive proposal review process, members of the joint City of Milwaukee/Waukesha County technical and financial review committees unanimously recommended an Intent to Award to Resource Recovery Systems, LLC d/b/a “ReCommunity” for their proposal to process Waukesha County and City single-stream recyclables at the existing Milwaukee MRF; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee and Waukesha County desire to cooperate in the construction and operation of a joint single-stream MRF at the ...