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A Resolution Approving Participation In The Baldwin County Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan
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A Resolution Approving Participation In The Baldwin County Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan
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WHEREAS, the Baldwin County Commission, as required by §22-27-47, Code of Alabama (1975), and Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), Administrative Code, Division 13 Land Division - Solid Waste Program, has prepared a new Baldwin County Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan (Plan) for submission to ADEM covering the entire Baldwin County jurisdiction, including unincorporated Baldwin County and Baldwin County’s 14 municipalities; and
WHEREAS, the Baldwin County Commission is set to adopt the Plan during its regular meeting held and conducted on January 21, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Solid Waste Disposal Authority of Baldwin County, Alabama, Inc. (SWDA) has engaged LaBella Associates, D.P.C. (LaBella), to review the Plan; and
WHEREAS, as required by Alabama law, the Baldwin County Commission and the SWDA will conduct a public hearing to solicit input from interested parties, and will have consolidated relevant comments and concerns into the development of the final Plan; and
WHEREAS, should any of Baldwin County’s 14 municipalities choose not to participate in this Plan, said respective municipality is required to develop and submit their own adopted Solid Waste Management Plan to ADEM by February 3, 2025.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Foley, Alabama, as follows:
SECTION 1: Approves the City's participation in the Baldwin County Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan.
SECTION 2: This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption as required by law.