Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: Dec. 13, 2023

Business Meeting: Dec. 19, 2023

Summary:

RATIFY A COMMUNITY LITTER CLEAN-UP PROGRAM GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY AND LEWIS COUNTY SOLID WASTE UTILITY 

Publications:

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Tina Hemphill

Resolution

WHEREAS, the Lewis County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Utility Division has been awarded a community litter cleanup program grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology; and

WHEREAS, Community Litter Clean-up Program Agreement No. SWMCLCP-2325-LeCSWA-00082 allows the State to fund $129,201.00 for litter pickup and illegal dump cleanup projects along public lands and roadways in Lewis County, effective July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025; and

WHEREAS, the agreement calls for litter pickup on county roads and illegal dump sites on public land and rights-of-way; working with other agencies, such as contracted litter crews, to enlist their help providing litter clean-up crews; and promoting and coordinating the newly re-introduced Adopt-A-Road program; 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-2325-LeCSWA-00082 in the total amount of $129,201.00, effective July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025, 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 19th day of December, 2023.