HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2007.10.04 - 9338MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #07228
BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE, SUE ANN DOUGLAS, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS - WASTE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - 2007 BEST BUY CONSUMER ELECTRONICS GRANT
ACCEPTANCE
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Waste Resource Management Unit
facilitates the North Oakland Household Hazardous Waste Program (NO
HAZ) for residents of northern Oakland County for the purpose of
providing household hazardous waste collection services, including
collection of computer and electronic waste; and
WHEREAS participating member communities reimburse Oakland County
for all expenditures associated with the program; and
WHEREAS application was made to the Best Buy Company, Inc. for a
2007 Best Buy Consumers Electronics Recycling Program grant in the
amount of $3,000; and
WHEREAS Best Buy Company, Inc. has awarded Oakland County a 2007
Best Buy Consumers Electronics Recycling Program grant in the amount of
$1,500; and
WHEREAS the grant award will be utilized to reduce NO HAZ Program
costs of participating member communities and will be applied to the
2007 NO HAZ Program's two Fall collection events; and
WHEREAS No County Match is required; and
WHEREAS a formal signed contract is not required by Best Buy
Company, Inc. for acceptance of the grant; and
WHEREAS acceptance of this grant award does not obligate the
County to any future commitment.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners
accepts the 2007 Best Buy Consumers Electronics Recycling Program grant
from the Best Buy Company, Inc. in the amount of $1,500.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that continuation of this program in
future years is contingent upon the availability of grant funding.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building Committee, I
move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE
GRANT REVIEW SIGN OFF — Economic Development &
Community Affairs — Waste Resource Management
GRANT NAME: 2007 Best Buy Consumer Electronics Grants
FUNDING AGENCY: Best Buy
DEPARTMENT CONTACT PERSON: Whitney Calio / 8-2071
STATUS: Acceptance
DATE: September 19, 2007
Pursuant to Misc. Resolution 1.101320, please be advised the captioned grant materials have
completed internal grant review. Below are the returned comments.
The captioned grant materials and grant acceptance package (which should include the Board of
Commissioners' Liaison Committee Resolution, the grant agreement/contract, Finance
Committee Fiscal Note, and this Sign Off email containing grant review comments) may be
requested to be placed on the appropriate Board of Commissioners' committee(s) for grant
acceptance by Board resolution.
DEPARTMENT REVIEW
Department of Management and Budget:
Approved — Laurie Van Pelt (09/12/2007)
Department of Human Resources:
Approved by HR. — Jennifer Mason (09/19/2007)
Risk Management and Safety:
Approved By Risk Management - Andrea Plotkowski (09/12/2007)
Corporation Counsel:
I have reviewed the terms of the 2007 Best Buy Consumer Electronics Grant and APPROVE the
same on behalf of Corporation Counsel.— Mary Mara (09/14/2007)
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Whitney Calio
From: Information [information@e4partners.com ]
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:28 AM
To: caliow@oakgov.com
Cc: 'Information'
Subject: Grant From Best Buy
Ms. Whitney Calio
Oakland County Waste Resource Management
2100 Pontiac Lake Road, Building 41W
Waterford M148328
Total Grant Amount: $1500
Amount in Cash: $1500
We are resending this email letter that went out the last week of August because we haven't received
confirmation that you received the original. Please reply if you have received this. Thanks so much.
August 27, 2007
Thank you for your interest in the new Best Buy Consumer Electronics recycling grant program.
After reviewing your organization's grant application, Best Buy is pleased to be able to provide you with
a grant for your program. The amount and details are noted above.
Please read the following information carefully, as it is critical to ensure proper payment to your
organization.
General Information
• After you receive this email, please hit reply and let us know you received it,
• After we get your reply email, we will send a Best Buy logo in several graphics formats for your
use in advertising and promotion associated with the event. We have also included a logo use
standards document,
• Please send draft copies of all print advertising materials to informatione4partners.com for
Best Buy review and approval.
• As a grant recipient, your organization may be contacted by Best Buy public relations staff to
participate in press activities. If you accept the grant funds, you need to be willing to participate
in press activities with Best Buy if necessary.
Grant Information
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• Best Buy will send a check to the name and address above. Please email us at
information@e4partners.com as soon as possible if the grant needs to be sent to a different
contact location.
• Grant funds may be used for any activity associated with your electronics recycling event(s).
For example, grant money can be used to pay a recycler or to pay for advertising costs,
depending on the needs of your program.
• You do not need to save receipts for expenses.
• When your event is completed, please email your results to informationE4partners.com .
Please include the name of your city, state and the word "results" in the subject line. Please
include at least:
1. the number of cars you served at your event;
2. the total pounds of ELECTRONICS you collected at your event (do not include totals for
non-electronic items such as appliances or cardboard).
• After you receive this notice, you can expect payment for the grant in about 30 days.
Gift Card Recipients Only
• If you requested Gift Cards, they will come in about the same 30 day period as a grant check.
Gift Cards may be distributed as you choose, as long as they are distributed in association with
the event. For example, you may give a gift card to the first 100 people attending the event, or
you may bundle them and give them to consumers who may have had to pay a fee to recycler
their TVs or monitors at your event, etc.
Not-for-Profit Organizations
If your organization is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization or a 509(a)(2) foundation, please send
proof of your status and your federal tax ID to the email address or fax number below. We will be able
to process payment only when we receive the tax information. Government entities do not need to send
tax exempt paperwork.
Again, thank you for your interest in the Best Buy Consumer Electronics recycling grant program.
Please send all information and questions via email to: information@E4partners.com
Please email or fax tax documents and results to information@E4partners.com or 612-377-6039.
You may also contact us at 612-377-6031.
Sincerely,
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9/13/2007
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Best Buy Grant Application Team
Tricia Conroy
E4 Partners
Ph 612-377-6031
Fax 612-377-6039
9/13/2007
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Grant Program Descri7tion
Best Buy is instituting a grant program for its 2007 Consumer Electronics
Recycling Program.
Grants will range from $500 to $1500 per recycling event. The amount awarded
will depend on the size and scope of the event and the population served by the
event. For example, organizations that are holding multiple events or very large
events can apply for several grants in one on-line application. Please list all
events for which your organization is applying for grant funds.
Priority for funding will be given to not-for-profit groups, but any organization or
group is welcome to apply.
Organizations can provide reuse or recycling events.
Best Buy will offer Gift Cards, cash or a combination of both to assist
organizations in providing opportunities for environmentally responsible
recycling.
Please answer the following questions as best you can. There is an opportunity
to add additional information at the end of the application.
Please note that this application is being done as an on line survey. The
application may be referred to as a survey in some text; please keep in mind
that all references to "the survey" refer to the grant application.
Thank you.
, Name of Or :ton ,44,?1ying for a Er.4eEzt .F.5uy Grant for ectronics.
Recycling Event(s)
lOakland County Waste Resource 1\),
2.. Street Address of OrezTiani:ation
12100 Pontiac Lake Road, Building
3 a, City
rWaterford
i48328
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ID number
not-for-profit organziation f pie,ase iist your
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Whitney Cali°
3 7. Contact Phone number (with area code)
248-858-2071
3 E. Contact email aticiress-,
lcaliow@oakgov.com
3 9. Names of all organizations that wilf be sponsoring event (s) that
wilf use a !pest BLly grant,
The North Oakland Household Hazardous Waste
Consortium, which consists of the following
communities:
Township of Addison and Village of Leonard
Charter Township of Commerce and Village of
Wolverine Lake
M 10. Are you a 501.c.-.(3) Dr ....-;artization?
Yes
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Zr Location(s) and Date(s) of 1--Z recync l'or which your
organication is applying fcr grants,
Please provide information on events for which you are applying for grant
support.
Event details should be filled in using the series of questions below. Please enter
each location as a separate event.
If you are applying for funding for more than two events, please list the
additional events AT THE END of the application on the "Additional Events"
page.
12. Event 1 -- Enter propz,.sed date of event (can be chancied after
grant awarded)
!September 8, 2007
2 13, Event I - Enter City Brie state of: even:
!Waterford, MI
rrs lem.14, Event 1. - Enter Zin,7, c.36e at' event
148328
LS.E.ViThrT 2 -- Enter Dr"Z:''S'E.I.d date cif even: be changed after
grant awarded)
!October 20, 2007
16, EVENT 2 - Enter Cf.tv an:-1 State cr,f event
[Orion, MI
2.7. F.:Valk:7 2 - Enter Zn7 f evert:
148359
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3, E‘tent Details
Please answer the following questions about the events for which you are
applying for Best Buy grant support.
LS. Peseiist ALL eie.ctronics reuse : orc:T.aniz,ations and/or recyciers
you will be using for the event(s),
SQS Environmental is our vendor for the program.
They ship all computer and electronic waste to
Environmental Recycling of Bowling Green, OH, EPA
ID #: 0HR000034025.
IS. Please briefiy explain how the reuse arzani=ation and/or rezycier
(s) you will use wil[ nandie eiectronics. L possible, list end rnarket(s)
for electronics containing screens (CRT, ;11?.25 n11E and LCDs).
I-Environmental Recycling dismantles the computer
and electronic waste and sends the individual
commodities to the following companies:
Scrap metal: Omni Source, Toledo, OH
Plastic scrap: Baled and sold to brokers. They
are in the process of qualifying several domestic
M 20. How will you F:Eff tne
Volunteers only?
Paid Staff only?
V Combination of both volunteers and paid staff?
L. Will your event be yperi tc:
/Residents only?
Businesses only?
Residents and Businesses?
Other (please specify)
.simmlwa
Government Facility parking lot
/School parking lot
Church parking lot
v Private parking lot (please list what the private entity is in the next
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5 tame itemsehicle
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Other (please specify)
13. If your event (s) tiv.N! be red i p7ivate facilities, ple.-ase provide
the name of the facilities,
bakland Community College - Highland Lakes Campus
iparking lot
Eagle Valley Recycle & Disposal Facility parking
lot
44. What ;terns wir LT :iect?
Computer Monitors and Computer Equipment Only?
Computer Monitors, related equipment and televisions?
All electronic items (computer monitors, related equipment, televisions,
home electronics such as DVDs, VCRs, phones, etc.)
Other (please specify)
/Print advertsing in major city newspaper?
/Print advertising in neighborhood newspapers?
1,7Mailer (postcards, utility bill stuffers, etc)?
/Radio advertising?
Vfelevision advertising?
ViNebsite?
Email or on-line networking?
Other (please specify)
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advertising?
As
No
Other (please specify)
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M 2S. Are you willing to report your results back to Best Buy for reports
on the grant program?
es
No
Other (please specify)
3 29. Are you seeking to re.c.eive your Best Euy grants in:
Best Buy Gift Cards?
•tash?
Combination of both Gift Cards and Cash?
30. What leveti furic;irtic: are you seeking for your event(s)?
$500 per event
$500-$1000 per event
v<1000 - $1500 per event
Pie.ase provide any oziner information you think is important for
us to know about your c,rograrsr and/or yo'Jr application.
This is the 5th year of the NO HAZ program, and
the 2ed year accepting computer and electronic
waste. The current population served by the
program is 356,910. 11 communities are members,
representing 15 local units of government. To
date, the program has collected 377,318 pounds o
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4. Please list two recycling or collection events heid by your
oroanization in the past two years,
Please list two recycling or collection events your organization has held in the
past two years, if applicable. You may list events that were "electronics only" or
broader events that included electronics recycling (such as an Household
Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection or a "Spring Clean Up Day" collection). You
may also include recycling events that did not include electronics.
We are interested in learning about your organization's experience with
recycling or collection events and managing traffic and other event issues.
32. Has your organizaton held recyciing or other coglection events in
the past two years?
7/Yes
No
33, Past Event 1. -- Event was:
Electronics Only
,/E lectronics and other materials
Other (please specify)
34. Past E-...vent L Pease ['Est date(s) of event, dry, month, year-.
May 12,2007
35, Past Event Enter rtLIT7iper of cars 3.=r -v,.id at =‘,...rit,
1796
F>ast Event :L, - Enter Ohs), of erieotronics
i25,939
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/Electronics and other materials
Other (please specify)
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40.. Past F-.".vent 2 - Enter nurnber of cars served at event.
1619
41, Past Event 2 - Enter pounds (lbs) of e.ectronics coecte
18,442
42. Past Event 2 - Please Hst tot& pounds of materiat collected (if
applicabie - for exarr.lpe., if event coliected eectronics and other HIF-fliir
or ony ilF11,0V)
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Please list any additional events for which you are applying for grant support.
If you are not applying for additional events, simply select "no" in the following
question (#43) and skip through the questions regarding additional events to
exit the survey application.
Thank you for your time.
Are you applying for grant funds for atiditional events?
Yes /
V No
44. Event 3 - Enter pr
after grant awarded)
date of r...cytiing event (can be cilanged
45. Event 3 - Enter City and State of even:
4E. EVENT 4 - Enter City and State of event
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Best Buy Grant for Electronics Recycling Events
Full answers to questions that cut off on the online application
1. Name of organization Applying for a Best Buy Grant for Electronics
Recycling Event(s)
Oakland County Waste Resource Management
2. Street Address of Organization Applying for Grant
2100 Pontiac Lake Road, Building 41W
9. Name of all organizations that will be sponsoring event(s) that will use a Best
Buy grant.
The North Oakland Household Hazardous Waste Consortium, which consists of
the following communities:
Township of Addison and Village of Leonard
Charter Township of Commerce and Village of Wolverine Lake
Township of Groveland
Charter Township of Oakland
Charter Township of Orion and Village of Lake Orion
Charter Township of Oxford and Village of Oxford
City of Pontiac
City of Rochester
City of Rochester Hills
Charter Township of Waterford
Charter Township of White Lake
19. Please briefly explain how the reuse organization and/or recycler(s) you use
will handle electronics. If possible, list end market(s) for electronics
containing screens (CRT, plasma and LCDs).
Environmental Recycling dismantles the computer and electronic waste and sends
the individual commodities to the following companies:
Scrap metal: Omni Source. Toledo, OH
Plastic scrap: Baled and sold to brokers. They are in the process of qualifying
several domestic companies to recycle this material.
CRT glass: CRT Processing in Janesville, WI
Circuit boards: Xstrata (formerly Noranda) in Providence, RI
All data containing components are shredded prior to being sent to third parties.
31. Please provide any other information you think is important for us to know
about your program and/or your application.
This is the 5th year of the NO HAZ program, and the 2nd year accepting
computer and electronic waste. The current population served by the program is
356,910. 11 communities are members, representing 15 local units of
government. To date. the program has collected 377.318 pounds of household
hazardous waste, which includes 70,104 pounds of computer and electronic
waste. 5,859 households have utilized the program to date.
FISCAL NOTE (MISC. #07228) October 4, 2007
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, MIKE ROGERS, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS - WASTE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - 2007 BEST BUY CONSUMER ELECTRONICS GRANT
ACCEPTANCE
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule XII-C of this Board, the Finance Committee has
reviewed the above referenced resolution and finds:
1. The Best Buy Company, Inc. has awarded a 2007 Best Buy
Consumers Electronics Recycling Program grant in the amount
of $1,500 to Oakland County Waste Resource Management.
2. The grant award will be utilized to reduce North Oakland
Household Hazardous Waste Program (NO HAZ) costs to
communities participating in the program.
3. The grant award will be receipted in the NO HAZ Program,
Grant Fees & Collections revenue account (#10100-1090105-
174240-615463) in the General Fund.
4. No County Match is required.
5. No budget amendment is required.
FINAN CO IT 7. CO
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Rogers absent.
Rutragatdg, County Clerk
Resolution #07228 October 4, 2007
Moved by Long supported by Gregory the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda
be adopted.
AYES: Burns, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Gregory, Greimel,
Hatchett, Jacobsen, KowaII, Long, Middleton, Nash, Potter, Potts, Rogers, Scott, Spector,
Suarez, Zack, Bullard. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda, were adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, 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 4, 2007,
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac,
Michigan this 4th day of October, 2007.