Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: SW - Solid Waste

Directors' Update: Dec. 8, 2021

Business Meeting: Dec. 14, 2021

Summary:

Overall Goal: To keep Lewis County roads and rights-of-way litter free.  To identify and clean up illegal dumping sites and to prevent additional illegal dumping actions from occurring in these locations through the use of signage and outreach about proper solid waste disposal.  To partner with other agencies and community groups to prevent illegal dumping and littering, and work together to promote litter prevention along roads and throughout Lewis County.

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Resolution

WHEREAS, the Lewis County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Utility Division has been awarded a Community Litter Clean-up Program Grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology; and

WHEREAS, Community Litter Clean-up Program Agreement No. SWMCLCP-2123-LeCSWA-00054 allows the State to fund $97,700.00 for litter pickup and illegal dump clean-up projects along public lands and roadways in Lewis County, effective July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2023; and

WHEREAS, the agreement calls for litter pickup on county roads and illegal dump sites on public land and right-of-ways; working with other agencies, such as drug courts and inmates, to enlist their help providing litter clean-up crews; and promoting and coordinating the newly re-introduced Adopt-A-Road program; and

WHEREAS, Community Litter Clean-up Program Agreement No. SWMCLCP-2123-LeCSWA-00054 was amended to include a new task, SB5040 Clean-up, that increased the budget by $40,000.00 for a total of $137,700.00; and

WHEREAS, the amendment calls for the cleanup of 10 state highway ramps and four state route interchanges located in Lewis County. Locations will be cleaned once a month during the funding period; and

WHEREAS, it appears to be in the best interest of the public to ratify this agreement.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners hereby ratifies the Public Works Director's signature on the Community Litter Clean-up Program Grant Agreement No. SWMCLCP-2123-LeCSWA-00054 and Amendment No. 1 in the total amount of $137,700.00, effective July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2023, between the Washington State Department of Ecology and Lewis County Solid Waste Utility, a Division of Lewis County Department of Public Works.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 14th day of December, 2021.