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Neg waste delivery agmts with licensed waste haulers, 01/01/24-12/31/25, est annual recv $33,000,000; declare market price for waste management services
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Administrator be authorized to negotiate waste delivery agreements with licensed mixed municipal solid waste haulers for acceptable waste they collect in Hennepin County during the period January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025 at a contracted rate of $74 per ton for the first year of the agreement and $77 per ton for the second year of the agreement; and that following review and approval by the County's Attorney's Office, the County Administrator be authorized to sign the agreements on behalf of Hennepin County; and that the Controller be authorized to receive funds as directed; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Board declare that the Hennepin County market price for waste management services as defined in Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297H.02, subdivision 1, is $74 per ton.
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Background:
Hennepin County has entered into waste delivery agreements with approximately 80 haulers that collect municipal solid waste from homes and businesses within the county for delivery to the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) or the Brooklyn Park Transfer Station (BPTS) (Resolution 210421). The current tip fee for disposal of the municipal solid waste at these facilities is $69 per ton. All current waste delivery agreements will terminate on December 31, 2023. The waste delivery agreements minimize landfill disposal of municipal waste, which is required by state law.
The waste delivery agreements ensure the county achieves the goal to recover energy and recyclable materials from discarded waste in accordance with the resource recovery objectives established by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) in its 2016-2036 Metropolitan Solid Waste Management Policy Plan. Waste delivered to HERC is burned to recover energy...
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