City of Milwaukee - File #: 140611

• File #: 140611
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/22/2014
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/23/2014
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Department of Public Works to evaluate the feasibility, costs and benefits of implementing a citywide household compost collection program.
• Sponsors: ALD. ZIELINSKI, ALD. BAUMAN
• Indexes: REFUSE DISPOSAL

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/2/2014	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/23/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	AMENDED; Minutes note: Ald. Witkowski moved to amend the resolution by inserting the following after the second "Further Resolved" clause: "Further Resolved, That, in addition, the Department's evaluation shall include an analysis of the feasibility, costs and benefits of implementing a municipal backyard composting program; and, be it". There were no objections. Ald. Witkowski added as a cosponsor.	Pass	15:0
9/23/2014	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:1
9/10/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individual appearing: Ald. Zielinski Ald. Bauman requested to be added as a sponsor. There were no objections.	Pass	5:0
9/5/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/5/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/22/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
140611
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

Sponsor
ALD. ZIELINSKI, BAUMAN AND WITKOWSKI
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Department of Public Works to evaluate the feasibility, costs and benefits of implementing a citywide household compost collection program.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Public Works to evaluate the feasibility, costs and benefits of implementing a citywide household compost collection program, and to report the findings of this evaluation to the Common Council within 90 days.
...Body
Whereas, The 2014 Budget provides $9 million for landfill tipping fees for the City’s solid waste collection program; and

Whereas, In 2012, the Department of Public Works (“DPW”) collected approximately 245,000 tons of residential solid waste from about 213,000 households; and

Whereas, Of the 245,000 tons of residential solid waste collected, about 13% was compostable materials that were diverted from landfills; and

Whereas, By implementing a citywide household compost collection system for food scraps and yard waste, the City could substantially increase the amount of compostable materials diverted from landfills, thereby reducing the City’s landfill tipping fees; and

Whereas, Mayor Barrett’s “40 by 2020: A Clear Vision to the Future” solid waste diversion initiative calls for increasing the percentage of the Milwaukee’s solid waste diverted from landfills from the current 24% to 40% by 2020; and

Whereas, Phase II of the “40 by 2020” initiative, anticipated to be phased in between 2014 and 2020, calls for implementing a residential food waste collection program; and

Whereas, Implementation of a citywide compost collection program for food scraps and yard waste would greatly increase the likelihood of attaining the 40% diversion goal; and

Whereas, The cities of Portland, San Francisco and Seattle have all implemented citywide residential compost collection programs; and

Whereas, In Wisconsin, the cities of Madison...