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Council advances bill to create Metropolitan Department of Waste Services with added recycling reporting
Summary
On second reading the council approved an ordinance to create a standalone Department of Waste Services and accepted an amendment requiring additional recycling reporting and removing a provision allowing changes by resolution.
The Metropolitan Council on May 20 advanced an ordinance to create a standalone Metropolitan Department of Waste Services, approving the measure on its second of three readings after an amendment that adds recycling-reporting requirements and deletes a provision allowing certain changes by resolution.
Councilmember Parker Hill, sponsor of the ordinance (BL 2025-819), moved the bill and urged colleagues…
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