City of Milwaukee - File #: 191777

• File #: 191777
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/3/2020
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/24/2020
• Title: Resolution authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of a municipal grant from The Recycling Partnership to implement improvements to recycling collection program.
• Sponsors: ALD. PEREZ, PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Indexes: GRANTS, RECYCLING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/2/2020	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/24/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
3/11/2020	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Rick Meyers - DPW Samantha Longshore - DPW	Pass	4:0
3/4/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO
3/4/2020	0	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added; Minutes note: Ald. Bauman and Perez

Number
191777

Version
ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor
ALD. PEREZ AND THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

Title
Resolution authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of a municipal grant from The Recycling Partnership to implement improvements to recycling collection program.

Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Department of Public Works to accept and expend a cash grant from The Recycling Partnership in the amount of $649,000 with a city share of $0 and a grantor share of $649,000. The purpose of the grant is to support implementation of uniform every other week recycling collection for all 1 - 4 unit households serviced citywide.

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

Whereas, The 40 percent waste diversion goal has been formally adopted by the City as part of its sustainability plan, Refresh Milwaukee; and

Whereas, A supporting component of the plan to achieve 40 percent annual waste diversion is improving DPW’s recycling collection program by implementing every other week service citywide; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee appears to be eligible for grant funds from The Recycling Partnership to implement uniform every other week recycling collection for all 1 - 4 unit households serviced citywide; and

Whereas, The implementation of uniform every other week recycling collection will provide consistent and equitable service levels for all 1-4 unit City of Milwaukee households; and

Whereas, The implementation of uniform every other week recycling collection is estimated to result in over 5,100 tons of additional residential recyclables diverted from landfill annually; and

Whereas, The estimated increase in materials recycled rather than landfilled equates to a reduction of 15,031.52 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2E), the equivalent of removing annu...