HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1990.03.21 - 16737Miscellaneous Resolution 90062
BY: Planning and Building Committee, Larry P. Crake, Chairperson
IN RE: Solid Waste Management System - Landfill Component
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS since announcement of candidate 40-year landfill sites for
County ownership (to be used by the proposed Oakland County Solid Waste
Management System) in August of 1989, many questions and issues have been
raised regarding the wisdom of selecting a single site for the disposal of
all of Oakland County's municipal solid waste; and
WHEREAS traffic impacts on contiguous neighborhoods and along roadways
connecting to the County's high-capacity primary road system, especially
during the System's early years of operation, are of major concern; and
WHEREAS transportation and haul costs which would be incurred by the
System will be unnecessarily high since a majority of the proposed sites are
far removed from the centers of waste generation; and
WHEREAS the addition of a single, 40-year capacity County-owned
landfill site to the existing, designated and proposed private sector
landfills would create a landfill capacity potential far in excess of the
County's needs, thus exposing the County to the direct and immediate threat
of becoming a large net importer of municipal solid waste; and
WHEREAS the System's bond underwriter indicates that Oakland County's
proposed Solid Waste Management System will require that guaranteed landfill
capacity must be in place at the time of bond sale for a recommended minimum
;period of 7-10 years in order to achieve the most favorable bond interest
rate; and
WHEREAS, it is contemplated that System bonds will be ready for
issuance by mid-1990 and the System's landfill needs must be satisfied by
that time.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners, as follows:
The Board of Commissioners hereby declares its intent:
A. to eliminate, from the Update of the Oakland County Act 641
Solid Waste Management Plan, the concept of a single, 40-year
capacity, County-owned landfill site to serve the needs of
the system;
B. to withdraw from active consideration the previously
identified candidate sites for a County-owned landfill site
as 40 year sites;
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Planniy6adui1thngCommitee, 1
move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. I.
tarry 5/Crake, Chairperson
C. to have the System's landfill needs for at least the first
7-10 years of System operation met by contracted capacity
arrangements with one or more privately owned landfills that
meet the design, construction and operational standards
approved by the Board of Commissioners per the attached
appendix;
D. to take appropriate steps during the process of approving the
Act 641 Plan Update to insure that the County does not
ultimately become a significant net importer of waste;
E. to have the System's ultimate landfill needs met through the
acquisition and development of County-owned landfills meeting
the criteria in the preamble to these Resolves which would be
brought on line at such time as importation considerations
and System economics dictate; and
2. The County Executive is hereby authorized and directed to commence
negotiations with private landfill operators that are willing to
meet the County's design construction and operational standards
for landfills as outlined in the attached appendix for capacity to
meet at least the System's landfill needs for the first 7-10 years
of System operation and to begin to seek long-term County-owned
landfill solutions to meet the precepts of this resolution.
APPENDIX
3/13/90 .
- EXHIBIT A -
Landfill Siting Advisory Committee
Recommended Landfill Design Criteria and Policies
a) The selected site should be designed to Act 64 standards.
b) The landfill should have a double liner system with leak detection
and leachate collection capability. Two synthetic membranes should
sandwich a clay layer.
c) The landfill cap and cover design should minimize water entry into
the closed facility.
d) Accurate measurements of air quality and weather conditions should be
taken prior to construction, during the life span of the landfill and
after the landfill is closed.
e) Groundwater monitoring should occur before construction on the
landfill begins, during the life of the landfill and after the
landfill is closed.
f) The landfill design should incorporate a gas collection system.
g) The host community should be permitted to conduct unannounced
inspections of the landfill and attendent .facilities by .qualified
personnel o designeesolthe -host Community.
h) The landfill disposal practices should provide the flexibility to
recover materials for future use such as plastics or waste paper.
i) Co-mingling of municipal solid waste and ash is strictly prohibited.
j) An ash handling plan- should be developed providing regulations or
guidelines relating to the transportation, handling, and storage of
ash in order to minimize exposure to and dispersal of ash.
k) The County should continuously evaluate the feasibility of separate
disposal of bottom and fly ash.
NOTE: This Exhibit was orginally presented by the Landfill
Siting Advisory Committee to the Board of Commissioners
on August 17, 1989. It was based upon the following
guiding principle. "Use of the acquifer or resource being
protected as a monitoring system for landfill failure
detection is not acceptable:"
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Underlined text above (Item G) represents change
to original LSAC resolution by Planning and Building
Committee on March 13, 1990.
Resol. # 90062 March 22, 1990
Moved by Crake supported by McConnell the resolution be adopted.
Discussion followed.
Moved by Aaron supported by Ferrens the resolution be laid on the
_table until the next meeting.
AYES: Pernick, Price, Aaron, Ferrens, Luxon, McPherson, Oaks. (7)
NAYS: Pappageorge, Rewold, Skarritt, Wolf, Bishop, Caddell, Chester,
Crake, Gosling, Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson, R. Kuhn, S. Kuhn, Law, McConnell,
McCulloch, Moffitt, Olsen. (19)
A sufficient majority not having voted therefor; the motion to table failed.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution:
AYES: Rewold, Skarritt, Wolf, Bishop, Caddell, Chester, Crake, Ferrens, Gosling,
Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson, R. Kuhn, S. Kuhn, Law, Luxon, McConnell, McCulloch, Moffitt,
Oaks, Olsen, Pappageorge. (22)
NAYS: Pernick, Price, Aaron, McPherson. (4)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners on March 22, 1990 with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and aff ed the seal of the County
of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 22nd daY10 /9 1990
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Allen, County Clerk