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Miramar names commissioner as city representative to Broward Solid Waste Authority after master plan presentation
Summary
After a briefing on development of a regional solid-waste master plan, the commission appointed Commissioner Yvette Colburn as the city's representative to the Broward County Solid Waste Authority governing board; Commissioners voted 4–1 to confirm the appointment.
The Miramar City Commission heard an update from the Broward Solid Waste Authority and then appointed a city representative and alternate to the Authority's governing board.
Todd Storty, executive director of the Solid Waste Authority, presented progress on the organization's master plan, which he said is intended to outline near- and long-term facilities, operations and costs across Broward County. Storty said the draft master plan work includes a waste generation and composition study, several "white papers" on processing options and scenario planning that ranges from using existing county facilities to constructing new processing and transfer stations. He said the plan is being developed as a 40-year roadmap and that the draft should be available for executive-committee review in the spring with public outreach planned this summer.
Nut graf: City staff said the Authority's planning effort is intended to produce options to raise countywide recycling diversion and to identify long-term disposal strategies; the Authority is not proposing to supersede local collection contracts but to focus on processing, recovery and regional solutions.
After the briefing the commission filled a vacancy on the Authority's governing board (created when a previous appointee was elevated). Commissioner Maxwell Chambers nominated Commissioner Yvette Colburn as the city's primary representative; the vote recorded four yes votes and one no (Mayor Messam dissented). The commission also discussed the timing of the master plan, schedule delays due in part to data collection, and the desire for more regional coordination with neighboring counties.
Ending: Storty said the draft master plan is expected to be publicly available for review in coming months and that the Authority will hold community meetings. The commission directed staff to continue monitoring the Authority's work and to report back on regional opportunities.
