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Benton County work group frames sustainable materials management plan; commissioners budget $500,000 for consultant
Summary
At a Dec. 7 joint session of Benton County's Solid Waste Advisory Council and Disposal Site Advisory Committee, work group members said they are finalizing an outline for a Sustainable Materials Management Plan and that county commissioners have budgeted about $500,000 for a consultant to prepare the plan.
At the Dec. 7 joint SWAC/DSAC session, the sustainable materials management plan (SMMP) subcommittee reported it is finalizing an outline that will be used to scope a county request for proposals and to inform a future consultant's work. Committee members said the county commissioners have set aside roughly $500,000 to support development of the plan.
"The county commissioners had strongly wanted this to be about Benton County," said Marge (work group member), stressing that the RFP should reflect local core values rather than simply copying…
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