HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1985.08.08 - 11201August 8, , 1985
Miscellaneous Resolution 85234
BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE - Anne M. Hobart,
Chairperson
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS - AUTHORIZE DISTRIBUTION
OF PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE
DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE AND AGREE TO PAY CERTAIN
PLANNING COSTS
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, the County of Oakland has adopted, pursuant to
Act 641 of Michigan Public Acts of 1978, as amended, the
Oakland County Solid Waste Management Plan . (the "County
Plan") providing for the disposal of non-hazardous solid
waste and emphasizing the use of resource recovery
facilities while limiting the use of sanitary landfills; and
WHEREAS, in order to begin to implement the County
Plan, there has been presented to the Board of Commissioners
a proposed Intergovernmental Agreement for the Disposal of
Solid Waste (the "Agreement") to be entered into by the
County and each local unit of government within the County
except for (i) the City of Pontiac and (ii) the local units
of government that are members of the Southeast Oakland
County Incinerator Authority ("SOCIA") (all such local units
of government other than the City of Pontiac and SOCIA
members are hereinafter referred to as the "Municipalities");
and
July 30, 1985
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR DISPOSAL
OF SOLID WASTE IN OAKLAND COUNTY
Summary of Key Provisions*
Purpose of the Agreement
To implement the Oakland County Solid Waste Management
Plan approved in accordance with Act 641.
To set forth the terms under which municipalities
participate in the System of solid waste facilities
serving Oakland County.
To ensure that municipalities participating in the
System are assigned equitable costs and receive equit-
able benefits.
• To provide assurance that payments will be made by
municipalities for the use of environmentally acceptable
System facilities.
Selected Definitions
Agreement: The proposed Intergovernmental Agreement
for Disposal of Solid Waste.
Original municipality: Each city, township or village
within Oakland County which executes the Agreement
within 120 days after the Board of Commissioners
of Oakland County authorizes the distribution of
the Agreement to local units of government for
approval.
Additional municipality: Any city, township or village
within Oakland County, other than an original
municipality, which enters into an agreement for
the delivery of solid waste to the System.
*Note: The reader is referred to the Agreement for a more
complete description of its terms and conditions.
County: Oakland County, acting by and through its
Board of Commissioners.
Plan of Financing: A plan to be prepared by the County
Executive with the approval of the Municipal Solid
Waste Board which shall set forth (i) the specific
method by which the System facilities shall be
financed, (ii) the responsibility of the County
and all municipalities with respect to such financ-
ing, and (iii) the method of computing the System
charge for each original municipality and each
additional municipality.
Plan of Operations: A plan to be prepared by the
County Executive with the approval of the Municipal
Solid Waste Board which shall specify, among other
things, the System facilities and procedures
relating to the operation, management and adminis-
tration of the System.
Solid waste: Solid waste includes non-hazardous
garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator ash, incinera-
tor residue, street cleanings, municipal and
industrial sludges, solid commercial and solid
industrial waste and animal waste. Human body
waste, liquid or other waste regulated by statute,
and scrap metal directed to a scrap metal processor
or reuser are not considered solid waste.
Source separation: Collection and segregation at a
site of waste generation for the sole purpose of
recycling, fuel recovery or power production.
Bottles, cans, newspapers, corrugated containers
and metals are among materials which may be
recycled.
System: The overall, solid waste management and dis-
posal system, including eauipment, sanitary land-
fills, transfer stations, and resource recovery
processing centers.
System charge: The amount to be paid by the munici-
pality each year for its share of the System
costs.
System costs: All of the expenses, costs and obliga-
tions related to the System, including but not
limited to design, construction, financing, opera-
tion, inspection, maintenance, repair, replacement,
alterations, maintenance of reasonable reserves,
land and land use acquisition, administration,
overhead, facility use fees, royalty payments to
sanitary landfill host communities, costs and
expenses in the amount of $183,700 incurred by the
County prior to July 28, 1983, and all costs and
expenses incurred by the County subsequent to
July 28, 1983, in connection with the planning,
design and implementation of the System, and
incremental expenses for the transport of solid
waste to a designated System facility.
Tiopina fee: The uniform fee established by the County
each fiscal year which is charged to solid waste
haulers disposing of solid waste at any of the
system facilities.
Unit(s): Annual solid waste generation rate(s) as-
signed to a residential, commercial or industrial
premises.
Role of the Municipality - responsibilities under the
Agreement include:
. Participate as a member of the Municipal Solid Waste
Board.
• Collecting and transporting or causing to be collected
and transported all solid waste from sites of aenera-
tion in the municipality, and delivering or causing to
be delivered such solid waste to System facilities.
Granting permits and licenses to solid waste haulers to
effect such collection and transportation and as may be
required by ordinances and resolutions adopted by the
municipality.
Approving the Plan of Financing.
Providing the County Executive certain information to
assist in the designation of unit assignments.
Paying or causing to be paid its tipping fee.
Paying its System charge.
Role of the County - overall responsibility for setting
policy relating to the financing, acquisition, administra-
tion, management and operation of the System, including:
Approving the Plan of Financing.
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. Approving an annual budget for the System which will
include unit assignments and System charges for all
municipalities.
Acquiring or causing to be acquired System facilities.
Hearing appeals of unit assignment adjustments.
Approving all contracts and other agreements relating
to the financing, acquisition, administration, manage-
ment and operation of the System.
Role of the County Executive - responsible for the daily
operation, management and administration of the System,
including:
Preparing the Plan of Operations.
Notifying the municipality when all or any part of the
System facilities are operational.
Designating System facilities for the use of the muni-
cipality.
Preparing an annual budget for the System.
Preparing the Plan of Financing.
Making unit assignments and adjustments thereto.
Working with the Municipal Solid Waste Board
ance with the Agreement.
Municipal Solid Waste Board
Permanent Board to be established within two (2) months
of effective date of Agreement for the purpose of
assisting in the implementation, operation, management
and administration of the System for the benefit of all
participating municipalities.
Comprised of one member appointed by governing body of
each participating municipality and a member of the
County Board of Commissioners.
Meetings to be held at least quarterly. Special meet-
ings may be called by either the County Executive or at
least 25% of the anncinted members of the Municipal
Solid Waste Board.
• Responsible for approving the Plan of Financing and the
Plan of Operations, including approving all contracts
and other agreements relating thereto.
. Responsible for reviewing and approving the annual
budget for the System. The budget will set forth:
- System costs
- revenues from the sale of steam, electricity and
other products
- tipping fee to be charged at System facilities
- System charges for participating municipalities
Action can be taken by a majority of its members.
A municipality will lose its seat on Municipal Solid
Waste Board if it fails to approve the Plan of
Financing.
Agreement to Act in Good Faith
The County and the municipality, and the County
Executive and the municipality, agree to act in good
faith during the term of the Agreement and to take such
actions as may be necessary to cause the County and the
Municipal Solid Waste Board, and the County Executive
and the Municipal Solid Waste Board, respectively, to
timely agree upon matters under consideration relating
to the System.
System Charges for Municipalities
System charge for each municipality to be determined
annually by the County as specifically set forth in the
Plan of Financing.
System charge shall be calculated on the basis that
each municipality will have a pro rata ownership
interest, based on total unit assignments, in the
System facilities acquired or constructed to accom-
modate its participation in the System.
System charge will include:
- for each original and additional municipality:
its pro rata share, based on total unit
assignments, of the capital cost of each of
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the System facilities acquired or constructed
to accommodate such municipality's participa-
tion in the System; and
(ii) its pro rata share, based on total unit
assignments, of the operating costs of the
System,
- Prior to the time that additional System facilities
are acquired or constructed to accommodate an
additional municipality's participation in the
System, such additional municipality shall pay as
a customer, not owner, for the use of the then
existing System facilities:
(iii) in lieu of the amount set forth in (i) above,
an amount equal to the pro rata Share being
paid pursuant to (i) above, such amount to be
held in escrow by the County and applied to
the capital cost of additional System facil-
ities; and
(iv) its pro rata share, based on total unit
assignments, of the operating costs of the
System; and
(v) a surcharge with respect to such operating
costs in an amount to be determined in the
Plan of Financing.
In the event unit assignments of a municipality increase
to an amount greater than that set forth in the Plan of
Financing, the number of units in excess of such amount
shall be treated as units of an additional municipality
and the System charge relating to such units shall be
determined in the same manner as provided above for an
additional municipality.
County will pay $687,700 for costs and expenses incurred
by the County prior to July 28, 1983 in connection with
the planning and preparation of the Act 641 Plan;
County shall not be liable to pay any System costs and
shall be reimbursed for any System costs paid by the
County.
• Source separation reduces total unit assignments for a
municipality, in proportion to the duantity of waste
which is recycled.
• Each separate, detached single family residence in the
municipality will be assigned one unit.
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Using uniform criteria approved by the Municipal Solid
Waste Board and the County Board of Commissioners, the
County Executive will assign units to all commercial
and industrial facilities in the municipality, taking
into account the nature and type of facilities and
activities.
Unit assignments and System charges for municipalities
are subject to review and approval by the Municipal
Solid Waste Board and the County Board of Commissioners
as part of the budget approval process. County Board
of Commissioners has final authority for budget.
Adjustment to unit assignments may be requested by
municipalities. The County Executive, with the concur-
rence of the Municipal Solid Waste Board, may make
adjustments provided that either (1) solid waste is
being disposed of on-site in conformance with state
law; or (2) in the case of commercial or industrial
facilities, sufficient waste is not being generated on
the premises to justify the unit assignment.
. Decisions of the County Executive and the Municipal
Solid Waste Board related to unit assignments may be
appealed to the County Board of Commissioners.
Payment of System Charges by Municipalities
. Municipalities may use one of several methods for
obtaining funds to pay system charges:
- user fees
- millage authorized by statute
- additional millage approved by voters
-• general fund revenues
- other funding source, as permitted by law
. Development of a method to pay the system charge is the
responsibility of each municipality.
Collection and Hauling of Solid Waste
Municipalities must ensure that all solid waste gener-
ated within their boundaries is delivered to the desig-
nated system facilities.
Collection and hauling may be done by the municipality
(either through contractors or employees) or by private
firms and individuals.
Licenses, permits and other approvals issued to private
haulers by the municipality are authorized and required.
The method of ensuring the delivery of solid waste to
system facilities, including enforcement of permit or
license conditions, is the choice of each municipality.
Procedures for operation, management and administration
of the System, including hours of operation, schedule
for delivery of solid waste to System facilities,
routing of deliveries, etc. will be specified in the
Plan of Operations.
Other Provisions of the Agreement
A municipality which executes the Agreement but which
disapproves the Plan of Financing shall be obligated to
pay its pro rata share of System costs for the planning,
design and implementation of the System incurred from
July 1, 1985 to the date it disapproved the Plan of
Financing.
Binding for a period of either 25 years or the date on
which bonds or notes issued to finance system facilities
have been fully amortized and discharged, whichever is
later.
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE
BETWEEN
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
AND
[MUNICIPALITY]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
PAGE
Section 1.1 Definitions 2
ARTICLE II
SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS
Section 2.1
Section 2.2
Section 2.3
Section 2.4
Section 2.5
Section 2.6
Role of the Municipality 6
Role of the County ....... . . 7
Role of the County Executive 7
Establishment and Role of Municipal
Solid Waste Board 7
Agreement to Act in Good Faith 9
Compliance with Act 641 9
Section 3.1
Section 3.2
ARTICLE III
SYSTEM ACQUISITION
Acauisition of System Facilities
Requests for Proposals . . . . .
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9
ARTICLE IV
SYSTEM FINANCING
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
4.1 Plan of Financing
4.2 Unit Assignments . . .
4.3 Basis of System Charge .
4.4 User Charges
4.5 Responsibility for Colle
4.6 Payment of System Charge
4.7 Preparation and Approval
4.8 Accounting and Audit
4.9 Uniformity . . .
4.10 Disposition of Surplus, If
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ction Costs. . 13
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of Budget . . 13
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ARTICLE V
SYSTEM OPERATIONS
Section 5.1
Section 5.2
Section 5.3
Section 5.4
Section 5.5
Plan of Operations 14
Source Separation. . . . . .. 15
Delivery of Solid Waste. . . 15
Acceptance of Solid Waste 16
Weigh Scales and Records 16
ARTICLE VI
ENFORCEMENT
Section 6.1
Section 6.2
Section 6.3
Section 6.4
Responsibility for Enforcement 16
Local Operations 16
Assistance with Permits and
Approvals 17
Additional Actions 17
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
7.1 Agreement to Reimburse County
7.2 Term .
7.3 Termination.
7.4 Amendments .
7.5 Effect of Breach
7.6 Assignability
7.7 Waiver Not to be Construed
7.8 Severability
7.9 Duplicate Originals
7.10 Notices.
7.11 Captions
7.12 Governing Law
7.13 Effective Date
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SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE B
SCHEDULE C
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE
This Agreement is made and entered into as of the
day of , 1985, between the County of
Oakland, Michigan (the "County") and the of
Michigan, a public corporation (the
"Municipality").
WITNESSET H:
WHEREAS, there exists in the County, for reasons
of public health and because of the requirements of State
law, a need to implement a plan to provide for the collection
and disposal of all non-hazardous solid waste generated in
the County; and
WHEREAS, as required by Act No. 641 of the Public
Acts of Michigan, 1978, as amended ("Act 641"), the County
has prepared a Solid Waste Management Plan (the "Act 641
Plan") providing for the disposal of such non-hazardous
solid waste and emphasizing the use of resource recovery
facilities while limiting the use of sanitary landfills; and
WHEREAS, the Act 641 Plan calls for the disposal
of such solid waste, the conversion of a portion of such
solid waste to energy and the recovery and reuse of a portion
of such solid waste, using a combination of sanitary land-
fills, transfer stations and resource recovery facilities
(the "System Facilities"); and
WHEREAS, the Act 641 Plan has been approved by the
Board of Commissioners of the County, has been approved by
the required percentage of all municipalities within the
County, and has been approved by the Director of the Michigan
Department of Natural Resources; and
WHEREAS, to implement the Act 641 Plan and to
finance the acquisition and construction of the System
Facilities required to implement the Act 641 Plan, this
Agreement is entered into between the County and the
Municipality.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of mutual benefits
and of the promises and covenants set forth herein, the
County and the Municipality hereby agree, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. All terms used in this Agree-
ment shall have the meaning and specific definition identi-
fied below. Such definitions shall be equally applicable to
both singular and plural forms.
(a) "Act 641" shall mean Act No. 641 of
the Public Acts of Michigan, 1978, as
amended.
(b) "Act 641 Plan" shall mean the
County of Oakland Solid Waste Management
Plan approved by the County Board of
Commissioners on August 26, 1982, and by
the Director of the Department of Natural
Resources on July 28, 1983, pursuant to
the requirements and provisions of Act
641, and any amendments thereto adopted
in accordance with Act 641.
(c) "Additional Municipality" or "Addi-
tional Municipalities" shall mean any
municipality in the County, other than
an Original Municipality, which enters
into a binding, long-term agreement with
the County substantially in the form
hereof for the delivery of Solid Waste
to the System, and in the aggregate all
of such municipalities.
(d) "All Municipalities" shall mean,
collectively, the Original Municipalities
and all Additional Municipalities.
(e) "County" shall mean the County of
Oakland, in the State of Michigan,
acting by and through its Board of
Commissioners.
(f) "Fiscal Year" shall mean the fiscal
year of the System, i.e., the calendar
year.
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(g) "Fully Operational" shall mean that
date upon which the consulting engineer
designated by the County certifies that
one or more or all of the System Facil-
ities necessary for the operation of the
System are functional, have been tested
and are capable of processing or handling
Solid Waste in the manner specified in
the Act 641 Plan.
(h) "Municipality" shall mean the
of , a Michigan public
corporation located within the County.
(i) "Municipal Solid Waste Board" shall
mean the Municipal Solid Waste Board
established pursuant to Section 2.4.
(j) "Original Municipalities" shall
mean each city, township or village
within the County, duly executing an
agreement substantially in the form
hereof prior to
198 ,* and listed in Schedule A to be
attached hereto and made a part hereof.
In the case of each township, Original
Municipality will refer to the unin-
corporated portions of such township and
shall not include any village lying
wholly or partially within such township,
unless the contrary is expressly stated
in such agreement and in Schedule A to
be attached hereto.
(k) "Owner" or "User" means any Person
owning or occupying Premises which are a
Site of Generation.
(1) "Person" shall mean any individual,
firm, public or private corporation,
partnership, trust, public or private
agency or any other entity, or any group
of such persons.
(m) "Premises" shall mean any enclosed
area in the County used for residential,
120 days after the effective date of the resolution
adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the County
authorizing this Agreement to be sent to local units of
government for approval.
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commercial or industrial purposes,
separately or in combination, to which a
separate street address, postal address
or box, tax roll description or other
similar identification has been assigned
to or is in use by a Person having
control of the area and which is a Site
of Generation.
(n) "Single Family Dwelling Unit" shall
mean a separate, detached single-family
residence.
(o) "Site of Generation" shall mean any
Premises in the Municipality in or on
which Solid Waste is generated by any
Person.
(p) "Solid Waste" means non-hazardous
garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator
ash, incinerator residue, street clean-
ings, municipal and industrial sludges,
and solid commercial and solid indus-
trial waste, animal waste, but does not
include human body waste, liquid or
other waste regulated by statute, ferrous
or non-ferrous scrap directed to a scrap
metal processor or to a reuser of ferrous
or non-ferrous products. Solid Waste
shall not include any of the foregoing
disposed of at a Site of Generation in
accordance with Act 641.
(q) "Solid Waste Disposal Services"
shall refer to the collection, trans-
portation, processing, including dis-
posal of Solid Waste generated in the
Municipality and not disposed of at a
Site of Generation.
(r) "Solid Waste Hauler" shall mean any
Person who provides for collection and
transportation of Solid Waste from a
Site of Generation to the System
Facilities.
(s) "Source Separation" shall mean the
segregation and collection at a Site of
Generation prior to entry into the
System of components of Solid Waste, for
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the sole purpose of recycling (or re-
covering for fuel or power production
within the County as permitted by Act 641
and the Act 641 Plan) such components
including but not limited to bottles,
cans, newspapers, corrugated containers
and metals. Source Separation shall not
include the shipment of Solid Waste for
subsequent segregation.
(t) "System" shall mean the County's
overall, solid waste management and
disposal system and every aspect thereof
including, but not limited to, equip-
ment, sanitary landfills, transfer
stations and resource recovery process-
ing centers acquired, constructed or
operated or to be acquired, constructed
or operated by the County or any agent,
designee or contractor in connection
with implementation of the Act 641 Plan.
(u) "System Costs" shall mean all of
the expenses, costs and obligations
relating to the System, including but
not limited to design, construction,
financing, operation, inspection, main-
tenance, repair, replacement, altera-
tions, modifications, additions, capital,
interest, maintenance of reasonable
reserves, land and land use acquisition,
insurance, administration, overhead,
alternate and/or emergency disposal,
facility use fees, royalty payments to
sanitary landfill host communities,
costs and expenses in the amount of
$183,700 incurred by the County prior to
July 28, 1963 and all costs and expenses
incurred by the County subsequent to
July 28, 1983, in connection with the
planning, design and implementation of
the System, and the incremental expenses
incurred in transporting Solid Waste to
a designated System Facility as provided
in Section 5.1.
(v) "System Charge" shall mean the
amount to be paid by the Municipality
each year for its allocable share of the
System Costs, determined in accordance
with Section 4.3.
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(w) "System Facility" or "System Facil-
ities" shall mean each of the items of
equipment, sanitary landfills, transfer
stations and resource recovery facili-
ties, and in the aggregate all of such
items, called for in the Act 641 Plan
and as specifically approved and identi-
fied for the purposes of this Agreement
by the Municipal Solid Waste Board and
the County, and any revisions therefor
and supplements thereto adopted pursuant
to Act 641, the Act 641 Plan and this
Agreement.
(x) "Tipping Fee" shall mean the uniform
fee established for each Fiscal Year by
the County in approving the budget for
the System for such Fiscal Year which is
charged to Solid Waste Haulers disposing
of Solid Waste at any of the System
Facilities.
(y) "User Charges" shall mean the
amounts charged by rate or by ad valorem
or benefit assessment levied by the
Municipality with respect to Persons or
Premises in the Municipality for dispos-
ing of Solid Waste at the System Facili-
ties.
(z) "Unit" or "Units" means the annual
solid waste generation rate assigned to
a Single Family Dwelling Unit pursuant
to Section 4.2.
ARTICLE II
SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS
2.1 Role of the Municipality. The System is to
be acquired, constructed and operated for the benefit of All
Municipalities. The Municipality has the responsibility to
take certain actions as provided in this Agreement which are
required for the operation of the System. These responsi-
bilities include, but are not limited to: collecting and
transporting or causing to be collected and transported all
Solid Waste (except for that Solid Waste described in Section
4.2) from Sites of Generation in the Municipality and de-
livering or causing to be delivered such Solid Waste to
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System Facilities; granting permits and licenses to Solid
Waste Haulers to effect such collection and transportation
and as may be required by ordinances and resolutions adopted
by the Municipality; approving a Plan of Financing; providing
the County Executive certain information to assist in the
designation of Unit assignments; paying or causing to be
paid its Tipping Fee; and paying its System Charge.
2.2 Role of the County. The County has overall
responsibility for setting policy relating to the financing,
acquisition, administration, management and operation of the
System as provided in this Agreement. This responsibility
includes, but is not limited to: approving the Plan of
Financing; approving an annual budget for the System, which
will include the Unit assignments and System Charges for All
Municipalities; acquiring or causing to be acquired System
Facilities; hearing appeals of Unit assignment adjustments;
approving all contracts and other agreements relating to the
financing, acquisition, administration, management and
operation of the System; and enforcing obligations of the
Municipality under this Agreement. All matters that come
before the County pertaining to the System will be referred
to the appropriate committee of the Board of Commissioners
of the County in accordance with the rules of the Board of
Commissioners.
2.3 Role of the County Executive. The County
Executive is responsible for the daily operation, management
and administration of the System as provided in this
Agreement. This responsibility includes, but is not limited
to: preparing a Plan of Operations relating to the operation,
management and administration of the System; notifying the
Municipality when all or any part of the System Facilities
are operational; designating System Facilities for the use
of the Municipality; preparing an annual budget for the
System; arranging for weigh scales and records relating to
Solid Waste deliveries to System Facilities; preparing a
Plan of Financing; making Unit assignments and adjustments
thereto; accounting for and causing an annual audit to be
prepared for the System; working with the Municipal Solid
Waste Board in accordance with this Agreement; and providing
notice to the County and others of a default of a Munici-
pality in paying its System Charge.
2.4 Establishment and Role of Municipal Solid
Waste Board. (a) The County and the Municipality agree that
within two (2) months following the effective date of this
Agreement, determined pursuant to Section 7.13, there shall
be established a permanent Municipal Solid Waste Board for
the purpose of assisting in the implementation, operation,
management and administration of the System for the benefit
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of All Municipalities. The Municipal Solid Waste Board
shall consist of one member from each Original Municipality
and Additional Municipality appointed in each case by the
governing body of such Municipality, and the chairperson or
designee of the appropriate committee of the Board of
Commissioners of the County appointed by the Chairperson of
the Board of Commissioners of the County. In the event the
Municipality fails to approve the Plan of Financing as
provided in Section 4.1, the Municipality shall no longer be
entitled to be represented on the Municipal Solid Waste
Board.
(b) The Municipal Solid Waste Board shall
have access to books, records and financial reports of the
System. The Municipal Solid Waste Board shall meet at least
on a quarterly basis or more often as it shall determine or
at the call of the County Executive or of at least twenty-
five percent (25%) in number of the appointed members of the
Municipal Solid Waste Board, in writing addressed to all
members and the County Executive, or as provided in the
rules adopted by the Municipal Solid Waste Board pursuant to
(c) below. At such meetings the Municipal Solid Waste Board
shall consider and approve the Plan of Financing and the
Plan of Operations, including approval of all contracts and
other agreements relating thereto, and such other matters as
are provided in this Agreement. The Municipal Solid Waste
Board shall have the power to appoint such committees as it
deems appropriate in order to carry out its functions as set
forth in this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified or
required in this Agreement, the Municipal Solid Waste Board
shall act by resolution of a majority of its members. In
the event the Municipal Solid Waste Board fails to take any
action with respect to any matter requiring its approval
pursuant to this Agreement within the time specified in this
Agreement for such approval, or within thirty (30) days
after such matter is referred to it if no time is specified,
such matter shall be deemed to have been approved by the
Municipal Solid Waste Board for the purposes of this Agree-
ment.
(c) The County shall provide the Municipal
Solid Waste Board with such clerical and secretarial person-
nel and such funds as may be reasonably required to carry
out its functions. The Municipal Solid Waste Board shall
adopt rules and regulations relating to its conduct and to
carry out its obligations under this Agreement, which rules
and regulations shall be subject to approval by the County.
The Municipal Solid Waste Board will serve without compen-
sation, except that reimbursement of expenses may be pro-
vided. Any costs attributable to such clerical and secre-
tarial personnel, any funds advanced by the County to the
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Municipal Solid Waste Board and any expenses for which
members of the Municipal Solid Waste Board are reimbursed
shall be included in the System Costs and shall be con-
sidered costs of the administration of the System.
2.5 Agreement to Act in Good Faith. (a) The County
and the Municipality agree to act in good faith during the
term of this Agreement and to take such actions as may be
necessary to cause the County and the Municipal Solid Waste
Board to timely agree upon matters under consideration
relating to the System and to resolve any differences per-
taining thereto.
(b) The County Executive and the Municipality
also agree to act in good faith during the term of this
Agreement and to take such actions as may be necessary to
cause the County Executive and the Municipal Solid Waste
Board to timely agree upon matters under consideration
relating to the System and to resolve any differences per-
taining thereto.
2.6 Compliance with Act 641. In no event shall
the Municipality, the County, the County Executive or the
Municipal Solid Waste Board take, or be authorized by this
Agreement to take, any action not authorized or permitted by
law, and especially Act 641, the Regulations of the Michigan
Department of Natural Resources implementing Act 641 and the
Act 641 Plan.
ARTICLE III
SYSTEM ACQUISITION
3.1 Acauisition of System Facilities. Subject to
the prior approval of the Municipal Solid Waste Board, the
County will arrange, by purchase, lease, contract or other-
wise, for the acquisition of System Facilities.
3.2 Reauests for Proposals. The contents of any
requests for proposals which may be sent by the County or
the County Executive to any Person in connection with the
proposed acquisition of System Facilities shall be approved
by the Municipal Solid Waste Board.
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ARTICLE IV
SYSTEM FINANCING
4.1 Plan of Financing. The System Facilities
shall be financed in accordance with the Plan of Financing
to be prepared by the County Executive with the approval of
the Municipal Solid Waste Board. The Plan of Financing
shall set forth (i) the specific method by which the System
Facilities shall be financed, (ii) the responsibilities of
the County and the Municipality with respect to such finan-
cing, and (iii) the method of computing the System Charge
for each Original Municipality and each Additional
Municipality. The Plan of Financing so prepared shall be
submitted to the County and the Muncipality for approval.
The Plan of Financing shall be incorporated in an amendment
to this Agreement, and upon approval of the Plan of Financing
by the County and the Municipality, the County and the
Municipality irrevocably agree to execute, deliver and carry
out such amendment to this Agreement when necessary.
4.2 Unit Assianments. (a) In connection with
the determination of (i) the System Charge for the Muni-
cipality for each Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 4.3 and
(ii) the aggregate Unit assignments for the Municipality,
with the prior approval of the Municipal Solid Waste Board,
the County Executive shall assign a uniform solid waste rate
(expressed in terms of one Unit) for each Single Family
Dwelling Unit in the Municipality and different solid waste
generation rates for all other residential, commercial and
industrial facilities in the Municipality depending on the
nature of the facility and the type of activity conducted
therein, in accordance with criteria approved by the
Municipal Solid Waste Board and the County. The system of
assigning units for residential, commercial and industrial
facilities shall be uniform for All Municipalities and shall
be based on existing land use, census data or other popula-
tion information, tax rolls, tract indices or other similar
available information which will be utilized by the County
Executive in making such determinations as provided above.
The Municipality agrees to furnish to the County Executive
annually such ,information, reasonably requested by the
County Executive, that is necessary to enable the County
Executive to make the annual aggregate Unit assignments as
required by and provided in this Agreement.
(b) Upon receipt of a resolution adopted by
the governing body of the Municipality, the County Executive,
with the prior approval of the Municipal Solid Waste Board
may make adjustments for the next succeeding Fiscal Year to
the Unit assignment of an individual Owner or User made in
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accordance with subsection (a) based upon a finding by the
County Executive that the Municipality has established
either of the following: (i) the Solid Waste of the Owner or
User is being disposed on the Site of Generation in an
approved manner in compliance with all applicable law and in
conformance with the Act 641 Plan; or (ii) the Owner or User
(other than an Owner or User of a Single Family Dwelling
Unit) is not generating sufficient waste to justify the Unit
assignment. The County Executive shall notify the Munici-
pality in writing of the decision within 60 days of the
receipt of such request for adjustment.
(c) If the County Executive does not make
the requested adjustment to the Unit assignment of an Owner
or User, the Municipality may within 30 days after receipt
from the County Executive of an adverse decision, appeal
such decision to the County. In acting on such appeal, the
County shall be limited to determining if the adverse deci-
sion is supported by the evidence presented to the County
Executive. Any decision by the County in connection with
such an appeal, or by the County Executive as provided above
in the absence of such an appeal, shall be final and con-
trolling, subject to Section 7.5.
4.3 Basis of System Charge. (a) Subject to any
other obligation to pay any interim fee for the usage of a
portion of the System prior to the date the County Executive
notifies the Municipality that one. or more of the System
Facilities is or are Fully Operational, the System Charge
shall be determined by the County in approving the budget
for each Fiscal Year such that the revenues from the opera-
tion of the System for such Fiscal Year, including but not
limited to, revenue from the sale of steam, electricity and
other products, Tipping Fees and the System Charges to be
received from All Municipalities, shall be sufficient to pay
for all of the System Costs for such Fiscal Year.
(b) The System Charge for each Original and
Additional Municipality shall be calculated on the basis
that each such Municipality will have a pro rata ownership
interest, based on Unit assignments, in the System
Facilities acquired or constructed to accommodate its
participation in the System, notwithstanding the fact that
the Plan of Operations may provide that such Municipality's
Solid Waste be delivered to System Facilities other than
those in which it has ownership interest, and that until
additional System Facilities are acquired or constructed to
accommodate the participation of one or more Additional
Municipalities in the System, such Additional Municipality
will be deemed to be a customer and not an owner of the then
existing System Facilities. Accordingly, the System Charge
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for each Original and Additional Municipality for each
Fiscal Year shall include (i) the pro rata share, based on
Unit assignments, of the capital cost of each of the System
Facilities acquired or constructed to accommodate such
Municipality's participation in the System, and (ii) the pro
rata share, based on Unit assignments, of the operating
costs of the System, regardless of whether the Municipality
is an Original Municipality or an Additional Municipality.
Prior to the time that additional System Facilities are
acquired or constructed to accommodate an Additional
Municipality's participation in the System, an Additional
Municipality shall pay as part of its System Charge, (x) in
lieu of the amount set forth in clause (i) of the preceding
sentence, an amount equal to the pro rata share being paid
pursuant to said clause (i) by an Original Municipality
based on equivalent Unit assignments, such amounts so paid
by an Additional Municipality to be held in escrow by the
County and applied to the capital cost of such additional
System Facilities, and (y) a surcharge with respect to the
operating costs set forth in clause (ii) of the preceding
sentence in an amount to be determined in the Plan of
Financing, such surcharge to be applied to reduce the operat-
ing costs to be paid by the Original Municipalities for
which the then existing System Facilities were acquired or
constructed.
(c) In the event that the annual Unit assignments
of a Municipality increase to an amount greater than that
set forth in the Plan of Financing, the number of Units in
excess of such amount shall be treated as Units of an Addi-
tional Municipality and the System Charge relating to such
Units shall be determined in the same manner as provided
herein for an Additional Municipality.
(d) It is understood and agreed that the County
shall be liable for and obligated to pay $687,700 for costs
and expenses incurred by the County prior to July 28, 1983
in connection with the planning and preparation of the Act
641 Plan, but the County shall not be liable for or obligated
to pay any System Costs and shall be entitled to be reim-
bursed from System Charges for any and all System Costs paid
by the County.
(e) The System Charge shall be determined annually
by the County as provided above and as more specifically set
forth in the Plan of Financing.
4.4 User Charges. To meet its obligations under
this Agreement, the Municipality shall take any and all
action necessary to authorize, impose, enforce and collect,
User Charges in such manner and upon such Persons as in its
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discretion it deems appropriate. The Municipality recog-
nizes that its User Charge system shall be subject to
applicable constitutional, statutory and charter provisions.
User Charges shall be collected by the Municipality from
Persons or Premises in amounts sufficient to pay the System
Charge when due. There is reserved to the Municipality the
right to fix User Charges in such amounts as will produce
additional moneys which may be used by the Municipality for
any lawful purpose relating to solid waste disposal services
rendered to or on behalf of Owners or Users within the
Municipality. If requested by the Municipality, the County
Executive agrees to provide services to the Municipality for
the billing and collecting of User Charges and the Munici-
pality agrees to pay the fees established by the County
Executive for any such services.
4.5 Responsibility for Collection Costs. The
Municipality shall be solely responsible for and shall bear
the total cost, expense and other obligation connected with
the collection and transportation of Solid Waste generated
within its boundaries prior to its delivery to the System.
In discharging its responsibility under this Section 4.5,
the Municipality may authorize Solid Waste Haulers to con-
tract with Owners and Users in the Municipality to collect
and transport such Solid Waste to the designated System
Facility.
4.6 Payment of System Charge. The Municipality
agrees to pay its System Charge at the times and in tl -ne
amounts set forth in the Plan of Financing.
4.7 Preparation and Approval of Budget. On or
before August 1 of each year, the County Executive shall
submit to the Municipal Solid Waste Board a proposed budget
for the System for the next succeeding Fiscal Year. The
proposed budget shall set forth in detail for the next
succeeding Fiscal Year (i) projected System Costs, (ii)
projected revenues from the sale of steam, electricity and
other products, (iii) the proposed Tipping Fee and System
Charges for All Municipalities, and (iv) the aggregate Unit
assignments to be in effect for each Municipality for such
Fiscal Year. On or before September 15 of each year, the
Municipal Solid Waste Board shall approve the proposed
budget, with such changes and modifications as it deems
appropriate, and shall, on or before October 1 of each year,
forward the proposed budget, as approved to the County for
its approval. The Municipality acknowledges and agrees that
the County, in approving the proposed budget, may make
whatever changes in the budget approved by the Municipal
Solid Waste Board as it deems appropriate.
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4.8 Accounting and Audit, The County Executive
will account to the Municipal Solid Waste Board and the
Municipality for his administration of the System. The
County Executive will keep proper books of record and ac-
count, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, consistently applied. Such books and records,
together with all documents and materials relating to the
System, shall be available at all reasonable times for in-
spection by the members of the Municipal Solid Waste Board
and the Municipality. The County shall contract for an
annual audit by independent, certified public accountant(s)
and shall provide the Municipality with a copy of the audit
results, including the auditor's opinion, within one hundred
twenty (120) days after the close of the Fiscal Year.
4.9 Uniformity. The methodology for determining
the System Charge shall be the same for Original Municipali-
ties; provided, however, the County shall pay, but only from
System Charges received from All Municipalities, a royalty
to any Municipality in which one of the operating landfills
in the System is located. The amount of any such royalty
will be determined by the County with the prior approval of
the Municipal Solid Waste Board.
4.10 Disposition of Surplus, If Any. In the event
that in any Fiscal Year during the term of this Agreement
revenues to the County derived from operation of the System
as provided in this Agreement shall exceed all System Costs,
such amount in excess of all such costs shall be deemed a
surplus in the Fiscal Year in which such surplus was created.
If the Municipal Solid Waste Board and the County shall
determine that a surplus exits for any Fiscal Year, such
amount shall be treated as a revenue of the System for the
next succeeding Fiscal Year in determining the System Charge
for such Fiscal Year.
ARTICLE V
SYSTEM OPERATIONS
5.1 Plan of Operations. The County Executive
shall prepare and disseminate a Plan of Operations for the
System with the approval of the Municipal Solid Waste Board.
The Plan of Operations shall be disseminated to all Munici-
palities on a date agreed to by the County Executive and the
Municipal Solid Waste Board that is at least three (3)
months prior to the date that one or more of the System
Facilities is or are Fully Operational. Such Plan of Opera-
tions shall specify, among other things, the System Facili-
ties, procedures relating to the operation, management and
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administration of the System, including hours of operation,
a schedule for delivery of Solid Waste to System Facilities
for All Municipalities, routing of such deliveries, pro-
visions for the deliveries of Solid Waste, issuance of
authorizations to and regulation of delivery vehicles,
measurements for quantity, quality and other characteristics
of Solid Waste, a method of reimbursement to Municipalities
for incremental costs incurred in transporting Solid Waste
to a designated System Facility beyond a designated dis-
tance, billing, rules and regulations relating to the use of
the System and such other items as may be appropriate to the
operations, management and administration of the System.
The Municipality agrees that the County Executive may modify
the Plan of Operations when in his judgment any such modifi-
cation is warranted for the more efficient operation, manage-
ment or administration of the System. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the County Executive shall not make any material
modifications to the Plan of Operations without the prior
approval of the Municipal Solid Waste Board unless (i) in
his judgment it is impracticable to obtain such prior appro-
val as a result of an emergency or other similar situation
and (ii) the County Executive shall present such modification
to the Municipal Solid Waste Board for action within thirty
(30) days after such modification is made.
5.2 Source Separation. The Municipality or an
Owner or User, prior to collection of Solid Waste for de-
livery to the System Facilities, shall have the right to
engage in Source Separation for its own account. The aggre-
gate annual Unit assignment of the Municipality determined
pursuant to Section 4.2, upon presentation of evidence
satisfactory to the Municipal Solid Waste Board and the
County, shall be reduced by the number of Units representing
the actual tonnage of Solid Waste that is not being delivered
to the System as a result of Source Separation within the
Municipality.
5.3 Delivery of Solid Waste. As soon as the
County Executive, with the approval of the Municipal Solid
Waste Board, notifies the Municipality that one or more of
the System Facilities is or are Fully Operational, the
Municipality shall provide or cause to be provided Solid
Waste Disposal Services for all Solid Waste generated within
its boundaries, except as provided in Section 5.2, to be
delivered from Sites of Generation to the System Facilities
designated in the Plan of Operations. The Municipality
shall collect and transport or cause to be collected and
transported all such Solid Waste from Sites of Generation in
the Municipality and deliver or cause to be delivered such
Solid Waste to the System Facilities in compliance with Act
641 and the Act 641 Plan. The Municipality further agrees
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to issue such permits and licenses to Solid Waste Haulers so
as to require such Solid Waste Haulers to deliver all Solid
Waste from Sites of Generation in the Municipality to the
System Facilities, only as provided in this Agreement. Act
641 and the Act 641 Plan.
5.4 Acceptance of Solid Waste. All Solid Waste
generated within the boundaries of the Municipality will be
accepted at the System Facilities. The Municipality and the
County agree that the System shall be administered so as to
comply with provisions of the Act 641 Plan, Act 641, this
Agreement and other applicable law.
5.5 Weigh Scales and Records. The County Execu-
tive will arrange for or provide, weigh scales and other
devices appropriate for determining the quantity and classi-
fications of all Solid Waste. The County Executive will be
responsible for making and keeping appropriate records of
such measurements, which records shall be available for
inspection by members of the Municipal Solid Waste Board and
the Municipality at all reasonable times.
ARTICLE VI
ENFORCEMENT
6.1 Responsibility for Enforcement. The Munici-
pality shall be solely responsible for the enactment and
enforcement of local ordinances required to implement this
Agreement as well as to establish its own rules and regula-
tions pertaining to Solid Waste Disposal Services, not
inconsistent with this Agreement, and to protect the public
health, safety and welfare The Municipality shall also be
solely responsible, subject to Act 641, for the issuance of
licenses or permits to Solid Waste Haulers and for the
enforcement of the terms thereof and for regulation of the
conduct of Solid Waste Haulers and the use of the streets,
alleys and public places in the Municipality for the collec-
tion and/or hauling of Solid Waste, to the extent authorized
bylaw, and for any Source Separation activities.
6.2 Local Operations. Upon execution of this
Agreement, the Municipality shall not construct, enlarge,
operate or contract for any facility for the treatment
and/or disposal of Solid Waste except for any contract
listed in Schedule B attached hereto [which shall specify
existing contract(s) of the Municipality] or as the County
Executive may expressly agree to in writing, subject to the
prior approval of the Municipal Solid Waste Board, as being
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required on a temporary basis prior to the date that the
System is Fully Operational. In addition, the Municipality
shall take all such action as may be necessary to insure
that, subject to existing contracts, all of its Solid Waste
will be delivered to the System once it is Fully Opera-
tional. The County will deliver to the Municipal Solid
Waste Board a list of all such existing contracts of All
Municipalities as such information becomes available to the
County.
6.3 Assistance with Permits and APprovals. The
County and the Municipality shall use their mutual good
faith efforts to execute, issue or obtain such agreements,
approvals, licenses, permits, ordinances, resolutions,
authorizations and the like as may be necessary or appropri-
ate in connection with the design, financing, construction
and operation of the System or as may be necessary or appro-
priate to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the
implementation of the Act 641 Plan.
6.4 Additional Actions. The County and the
Municipality in good faith during the term of this Agreement
shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appro-
priate to carry out the purposes of this Agreement includ-
ing, but not limited to, the enactment of ordinances, reso-
lutions and the like. In addition and not limited to the
foregoing, to the extent that any System Charges or User
Charges shall or may be pledged in connection with the
financing of any portion of the System, the County and the
Municipality shall each use its best, good faith efforts to
defend, preserve and protect such pledge of such Charges.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
7.1 Agreement to Reimburse County. The Munici-
pality acknowledges and agrees that if, after executing this
Agreement, it subsequently disapproves the Plan of Financing,
it shall be obligated to pay to the County its pro rata
share, as set forth in Schedule C attached hereto, of the
System Costs incurred by the County subsequent to July 1,
1985, for the planning, design and implementation of the
System. In the event the Municipality executes this Agree-
ment but does not approve the Plan of Financing, the Munici-
pality agrees to pay to the County, within thirty (30) days
following a demand by the County, its allocable share of
such System Costs through the date it shall have disapproved
or is deemed by the County to have disapproved the Flan of
Financing.
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7.2 Term. It is the intention of the County and
the Municipality that this Agreement shall remain in effect
and be binding for a period of the greater of (a) twenty-five
(25) years or (b) the date on which the bonds or other
evidence of indebtedness issued to finance all or any part
of the System Facilities have been fully amortized and
discharged.
7.3 Termination. Except as expressly provided
below, neither the County nor the Municipality shall have
the right to terminate this Agreement for any reason whatso-
ever including breach or default in the obligations of
either to the other and this Agreement shall, for its term,
remain in full force and effect and may at all times be
enforced by each upon the other at law or in equity.
(a) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and
in order to provide further assurances
to the Municipality, the Municipality
may, on twenty (20) days written notice
to the County, mailed within fifteen
(15) days of the event(s) below listed,
terminate this Agreement without fault
or obligation, except as provided in
Section 7.1, if, but only if, and for no
other reason whatsoever,
(i) the County has not, by
, 198 ,* entered into
Agreements substantially in the
form hereof that will provide for
the estimated initial aggregate
daily tonnage (based upon a 365 day
year) of Solid Waste to be de-
livered to the System from all
Original Municipalities to be at
least 600 tons; or
(ii) failure by the Municipality to
approve the Plan of Financing.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
County may, on twenty (20) days written
120 days after the effective date of the resolution
adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the County
authorizing this Agreement to be sent to local units of
government for approval.
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notice, mailed within fifteen (15) days
of the event(s) below listed, terminate
this Agreement without fault or obliga-
tion if, but only if, and for no other
reason whatsoever:
(i) BY , 198
sufficient municipalities have not
signed Agreements substantially in
the form hereof that will provide
for the estimated initial aggregate
daily tonnage (based upon a 365 day
year) of Solid Waste to be delivered
to the System from all Original
Municipalities to be at least 600
tons; or
(ii) If any Original Municipality
listed in Schedule A attached
hereto terminates its Agreement
with the County pursuant to Section
7.3(a) above, and the County should
then determine that such termina-
tion or terminations render it
uneconomical to construct or operate
the System Facilities or manage the
System.
7.4 Amendments. This Agreement may be modified
or amended as provided in Section 4.1 or with the concur-
rence of the County and the Municipality, except that no
such modification or amendment shall permit, without the
consent of two-thirds (2/3) of All Municipalities, (i) a
change in the method of computing the System Charges for All
Municipalities, or (ii) any other change which materially
and adversely affects the rights of All Municipalities under
this Agreement. This Agreement represents the entire agree-
ment between the County and the Municipality and any modifi-
cation or amendment of this Agreement shall be in writing
and duly executed by the County and the Municipality in
accordance with the requirements of this Section 7.4.
7 .5 Effect of Breach. The County and the
Municipality specifically recognize that each other is or
120 days after the effective date of the resolution
adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the County
authorizing this Agreement to be sent to local units of
government for approval.
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both are entitled to bring suit for injunctive relief,
mandamus or specific performance or to exercise any other
legal or equitable remedy to enforce the obligations and
covenants set forth in this Agreement. In addition, as it
is recognized that the successful operation of the System,
which involves the safe, lawful and economic collection and
disposal of Solid Waste for the public health, is dependent
upon All Municipalities meeting the terms and conditions of
their agreements in connection with operation of the System,
it is agreed that All Municipalities shall be deemed third-
party beneficiaries of this Agreement and of all other such
similar agreements entered into with the County by All
Municipalities.
7.6 Assignability. The County may assign or
pledge only rights under this Agreement in relation to the
financing of the System as set forth in the Plan of Financing
and pursuant to any obligations incurred pursuant thereto,
but no other assignment of this Agreement shall be author-
ized or permitted by either the County or the Municipality.
7.7 Waiver Not to be Construed. No waiver by the
County or the Municipality of any term or condition of this
Agreement shall be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any
other term or condition, nor shall a waiver of any pledge be
deemed to constitute a waiver of any subsequent pledge,
whether of the same or of a different section, subsection,
paragraph, clause, phrase, word or other provision of this
Agreement required of it under this Agreement or by law.
The failure of either the County or the Municipality to
insist in any one or more instances, upon strict performance
of any of the terms, covenants, agreements or conditions in
this Agreement shall not be considered to be a waiver or
relinquishment of such term, covenant, agreement or condi-
tion, but such term or condition shall continue in full
force and effect.
7.8 Severability. If any provision, paragraph,
sentence, clause or word of this Agreement, for any reason,
shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity
or unenforceability of such shall not affect the remainder
of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed and
enforced, consistent with its expressed purposes, as if any
invalid and unenforceable provision, paragraph, sentence,
clause or word had not been contained herein. The County
and the Municipality further agree in good faith to renego-
tiate this Agreement, or portions found to be invalid or
unenforceable, so as to fully comply with requirements of
applicable law.
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7.9 Duplicate Originals. This Agreement may be
executed in two or more counterparts, any of which shall be
an original and all of which shall constitute but one and
the same instrument.
7.10 Notices. Notices or other communications
between the County and the Municipality or the County
Executive and the Municipality relating to any termination
of or amendments to this Agreement or to any matters pertain-
ing to the annual budget for the System (including, but not
limited to, aggregate annual Unit Assignments and the amount
or due date of any System Charge) shall be in writing and
sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, to:
If to the County:
County of Oakland
Executive Office Building
1200 N. Telegraph
Pontiac, Michigan 48053
Attention: County Executive
If to the Municipality:
Attention:
All other notices or communications given pursuant to this
Agreement shall be in writing and sent by first class mail,
postage prepaid. The failure to receive any such notice
shall not invalidate any of the matters set forth therein if
notice has been sent as provided in this Section 7.10.
7.11 Captions. Captions or headings used in this
Agreement are for convenience only and in no way define,
limit or describe the scope or intent of any provision or
section of this Agreement.
7.12 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be
governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of
the State of Michigan.
7,13 Effective Date. This Agreement, upon execu-
tion hereof by the County, the Municipality and the County
Executive, shall be effective on the date on which the
County shall have entered into Agreements substantially in
the form hereof that will provide for the estimated initial
aggregate daily tonnage (based upon a 365 day year) of Solid
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Waste to be delivered to the System from all Original
Municipalities to be at least 600 tons. The County shall
notify the Municipality in writing of such effective date.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County and the Munici-
pality have caused this Agreement to be executed in the name
of the County and the Municipality all as of the date first
above written.
Approved by resolution of the
Board of Commissioners of the
County of Oakland, adopted on
, 1965.
THE COUNTY OF OAKLAND
By:
Its: Chairperson of its
Board of County
Commissioners
Approved by resolution of the
[Governing Body] of the
[Municipality], adopted on
, 1985
ATTEST: [MUNICIPALITY]
By:
Clerk
Its:
Accepted and agreed to:
Oakland County Executive
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SCHEDULE A
ORIGINAL MUNICIPALITIES
Municipality Estimated Initial Aggregate
Annual Tonnage
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SCHEDULE B
EXISTING CONTRACTS
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SCHEDULE C
The following sets forth for each of the following
Municipalities its pro rata share of the System Costs in-
curred by the County subsequent to July 1, 1985, for the
planning, design and implementation of the System:
MUNICIPALITY
Addison Township 0.416
Auburn Hills 1.210
Berkley 1.485
Beverly Hills 1.324
Bingham Farms 0.230
Birmingham 2.732
Bloomfield Hills 0.964
Bloomfield Township 5.997
Brandon Township 0.760
Clarkston 0.098
Clawson 1.274
Commerce Township 1.822
Farmington 1.110
Farmington Hills 6.402
Ferndale 1.990
Franklin 0.418
Groveland Township 0.396
Hazel Park 1.513
Highland Township 1.435
Holly 0.364
Holly Township 0.325
Huntington Woods 0.680
Independence Township 1.988
Keego Harbor 0.238
Lake Angelus 0.068
Lake Orion 0.233
Lathrup Village 0.492
Leonard 0.032
Lyon Township 0.660
Madison Heights 3.054
Milford 0.424
Milford Township 0.572
Northville 0.272
Novi 2.652
Novi Township 0.017
Oakland Township 0.826
Oak Park 2.518
Orchard Lake 0.327
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MUNICIPALITY
Orion Township 1.690
Ortonville 0.097
Oxford 0.226
Oxford Township 0.698
Pleasant Ridge 0.293
Pontiac 5.814
Rochester 0.722
Rochester Hills 4.340
Rose Township 0.419
Royal Oak 5.994
Royal Oak Township 0.400
Southfield 8.334
Southfield Township 0.006
South Lyon 0.424
Springfield Township 0.756
Sylvan Lake 0.197
Troy 7.972
Walled Lake 0.420
Waterford Township 5.674
West Bloomfield Township 5.219
White Lake Township 1.868
Wixom 0.719
Wolverine Lake 0.400
Total 100.000
0303A/f/6
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FISCAL NoTF,
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, DR. G. WILLIAM CADDELL, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS - AUTHORIZE DISTRIBUTION OF
PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE DISPOSAL OF
SOLID WASTE AND AGREE TO PAY CERTAIN PLANNING COSTS -
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: .
Pursuant to Rule XI-C of this Board, the Finance committee has reviewed
Miscellaneous Resolution # and finds:
I) County of Oakland Solid Waste Program costs for the period January 1,
1979 through july 1, 1985, total $1,595,000,
2) Such program costs include $1,067,000 incurred by County of Oakland in
connection with the planning, design and implementation of the Solid Waste
Plan on or before July 28, 1983, (date of Department of Natural Resources
approval) and $528,000 implementation costs incurred from july 28, 1983
through July 1, 1985 as shown on the attached summary,
3) Such costs were borne by the County with anticipation of being fully
recovered through revenue type bond proceeds.
4) The net program cost total $1,399,400 of which the County agrees to
absorb $687,700 expended in prior year budgets from January 1, 1979
through July 28, 1983, and the remaining balance $711,700, will be spread
among 61 municipalities upon entering into agreements with the County,
5) The County shall not be obligated to any future monetary commitment;
however, advances may be required. The ultimate goal will be the
absorption of costs by the municipalities for implementation, acquisition,
operation, use, and maintenance of facilities,
6) A budget adjustment will be made upon formation of the Municipal Solid
Waste Board.
FINANCE. COMMITTEE
$528,000
183,700
SUMMARY
SOLID WASTE PLAN COST PARTICIPATION
1/1/79 - 7/1/85
Total Program $1,595,000
County
Expenses 1/1/79 - 7/28/83 $1,067,000
Less: 1) State Grants thru FY 83/84 (195,600)
2) County Staff & Admin.
Implementation Expense
(60% of $306,175) (183,700)
Total Net County Cost $ 687,700
Municipalities
Expenses 7/28/83-7/1/85
Plus County Staff & Admin.
Implementation Expenses
Total Net Municipalities Cost 711,700
State
Solid Waste Management Plan Grants
Through FY 83/84 195,600
TOTAL PROGRAM $1,595,000
Prepared by:
Budget Division
July 19, 1985
WHEREAS, the Agreement has been developed and reviewed
with the joint cooperation of the County and representatives
of cities, villages and townships within the County; and
WHEREAS, the County of Oakland deems it necessary and
advisable to authorize distribution of the proposed Agreement
to the Municipalities for approval and to pay for certain
costs associated with the planning, design and implementa-
tion of the County Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS OF OAKLAND COUNTY, as follows:
1. The Oakland County Executive is hereby author-
ized to work with the County Commissioners and local
officials to distribute the form of Agreement presented to
this meeting to each of the Municipalities for approval,
along with a request that each of the Municipalities take
action with respect to the Agreement within one hundred
twenty (120) days of the effective date of this resolution.
2. The County of Oakland hereby agrees to pay for
$687,700 of the costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the planning, design and implementation of the County
Plan incurred on or before July 28, 1983. Such costs and
expenses in the amount of $183,700 incurred prior to July
28,1983 and any such costs incurred subsequent to July 28,
1983 shall be considered a System Cost (as defined in the
Agreement) and paid for by the participating municipalities
as set forth in the Agreement.
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Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Pla7 -mng and Eulding
Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
03 03/g/5
#85234 August 8, 1985
8th. day of / )August 19 85
EN
Clerk/Register of Deeds
Moved by Hobart supported by Moffitt the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Hobart supported by Moffitt the resolution be amended by
executing the following changes to Section 2.4 Establishment and Role of Municipal
Solid Waste Board, all on Page 8, sub-paragraph
Change #I, on line 11 of sub-paragraph (b), after the words "shall consider
and approve", insert WITH SUCH CHANGES AS IT DEEMS NECESSARY.
Change #2, on line 12 of sub-paragraph (b), after the word "including',
delete "approval of".
Change #3, on the seventh line up from the bottom of sub-paragraph (b),
after the word "action" insert in parenthesis (INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO DEFERRAL TO A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Moved by Moore supported by Price the resolution be amended on Page 8 -
Subparagraph 2.4 (a) by adding the following at the end of the paragraph:
"THE VOTE OF EACH MEMBER MUNICIPALITY SHALL BE WEIGHTED SO AS TO BE PRO-
PORTIONATELY EQUAL TO ITS PRO RATA SHARE OF SYSTEM COSTS AS SET FORTH
IN SCHEDULE C ATTACHED HERETO."
Discussion followed.
Moved by Perinoff supported by Lanni to postpone action on the resolution
for two weeks.
Discussion followed.
Vote on Mr. Perinoff's motion to postpone:
AYES: Doyon, Fortino, Lanni, McPherson, Moore, Perinoff, Pernick, Price. (8)
NAYS: Webb, Wilcox, Calandra, Gosling, Hassberger, Hobart, R. Kuhn, S. Kuhn,
Law, McDonald, Moffitt, Nelson, Olsen, Page, Rewoid, Skarritt. (16)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the motion failed.
Vote on Mr. Moore's amendment:
AYES: Doyon, McPherson, Moore, Perinoff, Pernick, Price. (6)
NAYS: Wilcox, Calandro, Fortino, Gosling, Hassberger, Hobart, R. Kuhn,
S. Kuhn, Lanni, Law, McDonald, Moffitt, Nelson, Olsen, Page, Rewold, Skarritt, Webb.
(18)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor, the mot
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Calandra, Doyen, Fortino, Gosling, Hassberger, Hobart, R. Kuhn,
S. Kuhn, Lanni, Law, McDonald, Moffitt, Nelson, Olsen, Page, Perinoff, Pernick,
Rewold, Skarritt, Webb, Wilcox. (21)
NAYS: McPherson, Moore, Price. (3)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as amended,
was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal,
do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of the attached
Miscellaneous Resolution #85234 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
at their meeting held on August 8, 1985
with the orginiaI record thereof now remaining in my office, and
that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the
whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
this