Fiscal Note
The 2012 City of Madison Adopted Operating Budget contains funding of $150,000 to work with Dane County on long range sustainable waste and energy solutions.
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Directing Engineering, Streets, and Planning to do a study on potential waste disposals and to issue and Request for Proposals for a consultant to assist with the study. City staff will report their findings to the Mayor and Common Council.
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Whereas, the City of Madison provides collection of solid waste from its residents and,
Whereas even though the City of Madison diverts over 66% of its waste stream from the landfill, it still sent 50,250 tons to the Dane County‘s Rodefeld landfill in 2010, and,
Whereas, the Rodefeld landfill site has only 2 years of capacity remaining and that the best case scenario is that the County can extend the capacity to five years by installing a leachate recirculation system, building a transfer station to remove construction waste, and vertically expanding the Rodefeld facility, and
Whereas, Dane County has funds of $200,000 to prepare a new County Solid Waste Plan, which may include the siting of a new County landfill, and
Whereas, it generally takes ten years to get site approval, construct, and open a new landfill, and
Whereas, a new landfill is critical for the protection of public health and the environment, and that adequate disposal capacity for solid waste is important for economic development, and
Whereas, it is projected that hauling waste from Madison to the next closest landfill will increase the Streets Division’s operating costs by over $620,000, and that disposal costs can also be expected to rise with a switch to a private sector facility,
Now Therefore Be It Resolved that the Common Council directs staff from Engineering, Streets, and Planning to study any and all potential solid waste disposal options for the City of Madison’s waste stream including, but not limited to, working with Dane County on siting a new landfill whi...
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