90-7662R23
RESOLUTION N0. 7662
HENNEPIN COUNTY YARD WASTE REBATE APPLICATION
WHEREAS, Hennepin County is providing a onetime rebate to
cities whose yard waste has been handled this year at no extra
cost to the County; and
WHEREAS, The City of Richfield will be eligible for a rebate
of $33,045 (approximately $3.00 per household); and
WHEREAS, The City is committed to keeping solid waste
collection in the hands of the private sector; and
WHEREAS, Richfield residents will be expected to make their
own arrangements for yard waste disposal in the fall; and
WHEREAS, the method for returning the yard waste money to
residents that is the least disruptive to the current system is a
rebate on residential water bills.
BE IT RESOLVED, THEREFORE, That the City Council. authorize
the City Manager and Mayor to sign and submit an application for
the yard waste rebate, to be distributed through residential
water bills, from Hennepin County. Said rebate will not exceed
$33,045, the amount specified by the County as the portion of the
solid waste tip fee paid by Richfield residents for yard waste
composting.
Passed by the City Council of the City of R~i~chfield t 27 day
of August, 1990. i~=~-
Steybn J: Quam% // Mayor
ATTEST:
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Thomas P. Ferber City Clerk