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Total Cost is $80,000. Ecology share is $60,000 and recipient share is $20,000.
Type: Deliberation
Department: SW - Solid Waste
Directors' Update: May 4, 2022
Business Meeting: May 10, 2022
Summary:Lewis County will spend $80,000 to reduce contamination in recycling and collect 70,000 pounds of solid waste intended for recycling.
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Resolution
RATIFY AGREEMENT NO. SWMWRRED-2002-LECSWU-00009 WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY TO REDUCE RECYCLING CONTAMINATION
WHEREAS, the Lewis County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division, has been awarded a Waste Reduction and Recycling Education (WRRED) Grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology; and
WHEREAS, the Ecology's WRRED agreement No. SWMWRRED-2022-LeCSWU-00009, effective January 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, allows the State to allocate $60,000 and will be matched by local funding of $20,000 for a total eligible amount of $80,000; and
WHEREAS, such funds shall be used to reduce contamination in curbside and multi-family recycling; and
WHEREAS, it appears 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 of WRRED Agreement No. SWMWRRED-2022-LeCSWU-00009, in the amount of $80,000, effective January 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, between the State of Washington Department of Ecology and Lewis County Solid Waste, a division of Lewis County Public Works Department, for the reduction of contamination in curbside and multi-family recycling.
DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 10th day of May, 2022.