HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1993.10.07 - 23898REPORT (Misc. #93170) October 7, 1993
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE-Donald W. Jensen, Chairperson
RE: M.R. #93170, SOLID WASTE: ACT 641--CHANGE 20-YEAR PLANNING
REQUIREMENT TO 10 YEARS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above
referenced resolution, reports with the recommendation that the
resolution be adopted with the amendment that the Michigan
Counties be added the BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
paragraph to receive a copy.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I
move the acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #93170 August 26, 1993
Chairperson, we move adoption of the foregoing resolution.
BY: Sue Douglas, Commissioner District No. 8, and
Ruth Johnson, Commissioner District No. 1
RE: Solid Waste: Act 641-Change 20-Year Planning Requirement to
10-Years
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Michigan's law governing solid waste, Act 641,
requires that each county have disposal capacity for 20 years,
replenishing that capacity when it falls below certain threshold
levels, and
WHEREAS, the MDNR's 20-year administrative requirement is not
practical due to changing population trends, new technology,
changing disposal needs, shifting composition of the solid waste
stream, and a fluctuating waste stream volume, and
WHEREAS, the State's required 20 years of planned solid waste
capacity discourages waste reduction, reuse, and recycling. Also,
the 20-year requirement stifles the innovation and development of
new technologies by focusing on traditional methods of incineration
and landfilling, and
WHEREAS, the Solid Waste Management Planning Program Review
Work Group completed its report and made its recommendation to the
DNR on March 4, 1993. This committee, comprised of Michigan
planners, industry representatives, environmentalists, township
officials, and Michigan Municipal League representatives,
recommended that Act 641 reduce the 20-year requirement of planned
solid waste capacity to 10 years of planned capacity.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board 'of
Commissioners does hereby urge the State of Michigan to reduce the
20-year capacity requirement contained within Act 641 to a 10-year
requirement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
forwarded to the Oakland County legislative contingent in Lansing
and the Governor of the State of Michigan, and Roland Harms,
Director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Resolution #93170 October 7, 1993
Moved by Jensen supported by Douglas the General Government Committee
Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Jensen supported by Douglas the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Jensen supported by Douglas the resolution be amended to
correspond with the General Government Report to read as follows:
the Michigan association of Counties be added to the BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
paragraph to receive a copy.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Vote on resolution, as amended:
AYES: Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, Law, McCulloch, McPherson,
Miltner, Moffitt, Oaks, Obrecht, Palmer, Pernick, Powers, Schmid, Taub, Wolf,
Aaron, Crake, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Gosling, Huntoon. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
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, 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 October 7, 1993 with the original record
thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and ffixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 7th day of Octoei .
Lynn D. Allen, County Clerk