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Operations Committee Meeting
May 12, 2015
What was decided (6 motions)
6 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
RECOMMENDATION: THAT the Operations Committee Meeting Agenda for Tuesday, May 12, 2015 be approved as amended.
Moved by Mayor Love, seconded by Councillor Maika
Carried
THAT the Operations Committee recommend Council support the following resolution: WHEREAS municipalities have no control over the form of municipal solid waste that is generated from packing and products that enter their jurisdiction; WHEREAS municipal taxpayers bear more than 50% of the cost of waste disposal and recycling of packaging and printed paper in the waste stream, which products are increasingly complex, multi-material and expensive to recycle, reclaim or dispose of; WHEREAS the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change has committed to replacing the current waste diversion legislation, but has not yet introduced replacement legislation to the legislature; WHEREAS producer responsibility provides that producers be responsible for 100% of the costs of certain designated wastes for full cost of end-of-life management for such products and packaging; WHEREAS municipalities should not have to bear the cost of managing the disposal of these materials; WHEREAS waste is a valuable resource; WHEREAS producer responsibility would provide considerable savings to The Township of Madawaska Valley residents and grow the local economy as Operations Committee Meeting - May 12, 2015 producers innovate to reduce waste, develop more easily recyclable packaging and work with municipalities on better ways to collect and process it; WHEREAS increased recycling and reclamation could add 13,000 good, high- quality jobs in Ontario and contribute more than $1.5 billion every year to O
Moved by Councillor Maika, seconded by Mayor Love
Carried
RECOMMENDATION: THAT the Operations Committee recommend Council proceed to By-Law for the Service Agreement with Product Care Association.
Moved by Mayor Love, seconded by Councillor Maika
Carried
RECOMMENDATION: THAT the Operations Committee recommend Council approve that small businesses can utilize the Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) event in limited quantities.
Moved by Councillor Maika, seconded by Mayor Love
Carried
THAT the Meeting return to Open Session at 10:37 a.m.