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Home My WebLink About~Master - Support of the 2025 Central Iowa Waste Management Association Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan UpdateRESOLUTION NO. 25-139 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE 2025 CENTRAL IOWA WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION COMPREHENSIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE FOR THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA WHEREAS, the Resource Recovery System (RRS) is governed by the Ames City Council in accordance with approved 28E Agreements with the unincorporated areas of Story County, Iowa State University, and all cities in Story County with exception of Collins, Colo, and Sheldahl; and, WHEREAS, the City and the members of the RRS joined with the Boone County Landfill and its members to form the Central Iowa Solid Waste Management Association (CISWMA). The association is required to submit updates to the comprehensive plan every five years to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources; and, WHEREAS, the updated plan details the existing integrated solid waste management system, as well as any changes or additions that have occurred since the last plan update. The plan acknowledges that the operations of the current RRS will be ending in the near future and that solid waste operations will be transitioning to a transfer station model with final disposition in a landfill other than Boone County; and, WHEREAS, support of the plan is necessary to continue to meet the obligations of solid waste disposal at the Boone County Landfill until final disposition transfers to a different site. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that support of the 2025 Central Iowa Waste Management Association Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan Update is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 8th day of April, 2025. _________________________________ ___________________________________ Renee Hall, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor Introduced by: Betcher Seconded by: Beatty-Hansen Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Junck, Rollins Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 8th day of April, 2025.