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State to allocate $320,077.50 and will be matched by local funding of $106,692.50 for a total eligible amount of $426,770.00
Type: Deliberation
Department: PW - Public Works
Directors' Update: Dec. 13, 2023
Business Meeting: Dec. 19, 2023
Summary:RATIFY AGREEMENT NO. SWMLSWFA-2023-LECSWU-00120 WITH THE WA STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY FOR MODERATE RISK WASTE, RECYCLING PROGRAMS AND OTHER CLEAN-UP PROGRAMS
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Additional Copies To: Tina Hemphill
Resolution
RATIFY AGREEMENT NO. SWMLSWFA-2023-LECSWU-00120 WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY FOR MODERATE-RISK WASTE, RECYCLING AND OTHER CLEANUP PROGRAMS
WHEREAS, the Lewis County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division, has been awarded a Local Solid Waste Financial Assistance (LSWFA) Grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology; and
WHEREAS, the Ecology's LSWFA agreement No. SWMLSWFA-2023-LeCSWU-00120, effective July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025, allows the State to allocate $320,077.50 and will be matched by local funding of $106,692.50 for a total eligible amount of $426,770.00; and
WHEREAS, such funds shall be used to complete the update of its Solid & Hazardous Waste Management Plan, properly manage moderate-risk waste, reduce solid waste through collection and recycling, divert organic material from the waste stream, and properly dispose of garbage by cleanup and garbage containers installed at homeless encampments; 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 of LSWFA Agreement No. SWMLSWFA-2023-LeCSWU-00120, in the amount of $426,770.00, effective July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025, between the State of Washington Department of Ecology and Lewis County Solid Waste, a division of Lewis County Public Works Department, for moderate-risk waste, recycling and other cleanup programs.
DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 19th day of December, 2023.