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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution-1975-0373 RESOLUTION 373 A Resolution concerning an Intergovernmental Contract for energy and resource recovery from solid waste. WHEREAS, the disposal of solid waste amounts to several thousand tons of solid waste per day by landfilling without recovery of any residual resources; and WHEREAS, it has been demonstrated that energy can be produced from solid waste, and that ferrous metals, paper, glass, and aluminum, copper and other metals, can be recovered for reuse or recycling; and WHEREAS, an Intergovernmental Contract between the Denver Regional Council of Governments, certaill muni- cipal corporations and certain counties has been proposed; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the Intergovernmental con- tract IS (1) to conduct an economic and feasibility analysis of energy and material recovery from solid waste in the metropolitan Denver region; (2) to provide funding for the analysis; and (3) to provide for management of the project; and WiIEREAS, the Wheat Ridge City Council is of the oplnlon that this analysis should be conducted in this time of high energy costs and resource shortages, and that the cost to the City of Wheat Ridge, will be approximately $ 2,980.00 to be charqed from. account 441.32. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of 1Vheat Ridge: 1. That the Mayor of the City of Wheat Ridge IS hereby authorized and directed to negotiate and execute on behalf of the City of Wheat Ridge, an Intergovernmental Contract for analysis of energy and resource recovery from solid waste with other municipalities, counties and the Denver Regional Council of Governments, and RESOLUTION 373 - 2- 2. That, pursuant to Contract terms, the City of Wheat Ridge has hereby authorized the expcnd1ture of funds 1il an amount not to exceed ten cents per capita, based upon the 1970 population census, for the purpose of funding its share of the cost of the analysis wllich 1S tile subj ect of the Intergovernmental Contract, and 3. That Larrv Merkl is hereby de- signated by the City of Wheat Ridge to be the representative of said City as a member of the management committee authorized and established by the Intergovernmental Contract which is the subject of this resolution. ADOPTED AND PASSED this 13th day of February 1975, by a vote of 6 to o . // ---7 '- / / i.... r:---r-'? I J L ( / ) / ~1A y~ / / __J.-.,.-r d" ~ ATTEST: {;) (, ' -t-k ~ , I ~ 7 ) .. ) -::> 1""''', ... d " d;. /'f' (1q ,e'/lA J Clty C er '1