Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes an agreement with Dane County and the Town of Cottage Grove to allow the Village of McFarland to be added as a party to the Local Negotiating Committee for the proposed Dane County Landfill Site No. 3 at the Yahara Hills Golf Course. No appropriation is required.
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Authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with Dane County and the Town of Cottage Grove to allow the Village of McFarland to be added as a party to the Local Negotiating Committee for the proposed Dane County Landfill Site No. 3 at the Yahara Hills Golf Course. (District 16)
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Authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with Dane County and the Town of Cottage Grove to allow the Village of McFarland to be added as a party to the Local Negotiating Committee for the proposed Dane County Landfill Site No. 3 at the Yahara Hills Golf Course.
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WHEREAS, on May 10, 2022, the Council adopted RES-22-00319 (File No. 70597), which resolution authorized the City to sell portions of the Yahara Hills Golf Course to the County for the County’s development of the lands as a future landfill, compost site and sustainable business park. The eastern 231.8 acres of the Golf Course were sold to the County for this purpose on February 27, 2023; and,
WHEREAS, Dane County has commenced the landfill siting process with the State of Wisconsin, seeking formal approval to develop a landfill on a portion of the former Yahara Hills Golf Course property (Dane County Landfill No. 3); and,
WHEREAS, as part of the landfill licensing process under State law, Wis. Stat. Sec. 289.33 details a local committee process whereby affected municipalities may participate in the negotiation and arbitration process pertaining to the development of the landfill (the Local Negotiating Committee); and,
WHEREAS, on June 20, 2023, the Common Council adopted RES-23-00465 (File No. 78136), which resolution authorizing the City’s participation in the local negotiation process...
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