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Amend the 2024 Capital Budget to include CP 1010846 Reuse and Recycling Recovery Facility; supplemental budget appropriation of $5,000,000 from the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund balance, direct Administrator to include additional funding in the 2025 Capital Budget
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that capital project (CP) 1010846 Reuse and Recycling Recovery Facility be identified in the 2024 Capital Budget with an appropriation of $5,000,000 funded by a transfer from the Solid Waste Fund balance for costs associated with the predevelopment of a reuse and recycling recovery facility; that the administrator is directed to estimate additional project costs including facility construction for consideration as part of the 2025 Capital Budget and 2025 - 2029 Capital Improvement Program process; and that the Controller be authorized to transfer and disburse funds as directed.
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Background:
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners held a board briefing on January 25, 2024 on the topic of reinventing the county's solid waste system in response to Resolution No. 23-0384 R1, passed on October 24, 2023, to develop a closure plan for the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC).
In addition to the requests stated in Resolution No. 23-0384R1, the following actions and updates were provided to assist in decision making:
* Report - Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) and its role in the solid waste system sent on September 16, 2023
* Hennepin County Climate Action Plan/Zero Waste Plan and HERC - Recommendations Memo to Commissioners sent on September 20, 2023
* Board briefing on September 21, 2023
* Priority zero-waste actions and legislative priorities sent on January 22, 2024
* County's efforts in renewable energy sent on January 23, 2024
Resolution 23-0384R1 also directed staff to send materials from the September 21, 2023 public board briefing to city council members and mayors of cities that use the HERC and invite individual cities...
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