HomeMy WebLinkAboutA001 - Council Action Form dated April 8, 2025ITEM #:15
DATE:04-08-25
DEPT:PW
SUBJECT:2025 CENTRAL IOWA WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
COMPREHENSIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE
COUNCIL ACTION FORM
BACKGROUND:
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.
The agreement calls for the RRS to provide for the disposal of solid waste generated by the involved
agencies. One element of that disposal is meeting the regulations that address comprehensive solid
waste planning. In the late 1980s, 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.
The attached document is the ninth update to the original plan. This plan update 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.
On December 10, 2024 City Council authorized staff to negotiate an agreement with the Carroll
County Solid Waste Management Commission for landfilling of solid waste. Those negotiations
are continuing and staff will report back to City Council when an agreement is ready for
approval.
Once solid waste transfer operations begin, it is anticipated that the City of Ames will be removed
from the CISWMA. At that time the City will likely become a member in the West Central Iowa
Solid Waste Management Association (WCISMWA) which is the comprehensive planning area
that includes the Carroll County Solid Waste Management Commission.
Three public meetings were held in order to receive public input on the Plan. Additionally, a draft
version was sent out to each agency in the planning area. Input at the meetings did not result in any
changes to the updated Plan.
The DNR requires that the agencies involved with the Comprehensive Plan enact a Resolution of
Support for the Plan. Because the City of Ames administers the 28E Agreement for the RRS
agencies, that requirement can be met for all of the agencies with City Council approval of the
supporting resolution.
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ALTERNATIVES:
1. Approve a resolution in support of the 2025 Comprehensive Plan Update for the Central Iowa
Waste Management Association.
2. Direct staff to make modifications to the 2025 Comprehensive Plan Update for the Central Iowa
Waste Management Association and come back at a later date for City Council approval of a
support resolution.
CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources requires that member agencies update comprehensive plans
every five years. An update has been prepared and feedback from participating agencies has been
solicite d . Support of the plan is necessary to continue to meet the obligations of solid waste
disposal at the Boone County Landfill.
Therefore, it is the recommendation of the City Manager that the City Council adopt Alternative No. 1,
as noted above.
ATTACHMENT(S):
CISWMA 2025 Ames Resolution.docx
CISWMA - Update 9 - Draft 2.pdf
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Resource Recovery System is governed by the Ames City Council in
accordance with an approved 28E Agreement with the incorporated of Story County, Iowa State
University, and all of the cities in Story County except Collins, Colo, Sheldahl; and,
WHEREAS, the agreement calls for the Resource Recovery System to provide for the disposal
of the solid waste generated by the involved agencies, and one element of that responsibility is to
meet the State of Iowa’s comprehensive planning regulations; and,
WHEREAS, in the late 1980s, the City and the members of the Resource Recovery System
joined with the Boone County Landfill and its members to form the Central Iowa Solid Waste
Management Association, and the association is an informal planning area and is appropriate
since the Resource Recovery System uses the Boone County Landfill for disposal of solid waste
that cannot be processed into Refuse Derived Fuel (RFD); and,
WHEREAS, the association is required to submit updates of the comprehensive plan every five
years to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR); and,
WHEREAS, many of the planning process have changes over the years, although the general
purpose of the process is to facilitate adjoining solid waste entities working together for mutual
benefit; and,
WHEREAS, this plan update details the existing integrated solid waste management system, as
well as any changes or additions that have occurred since the last plan update; and,
WHEREAS, the update evaluates the current system as well as possible alternative management
systems; and,
WHEREAS, based on this analysis, the existing system appears to be serving the planning area
in a manner that best protects the environment, as well as minimizing the areas reliance on
landfill disposal.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,
Iowa that the 2025 Comprehensive Plan Update IX for the Central Iowa Solid Waste
Management Association is hereby approved.
Adopted this ____ day of ____________ 2025 by the City of Ames City Council.
SIGNED:ATTEST:
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