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Committee moves HERC contract and directive to council without recommendation
Summary
Committee members voted to advance a two‑year Hennepin Energy Recovery Center contracting item and a related legislative directive to the full council without recommendation while staff and the sponsor work on potential one‑year contract language and directive edits.
The Climate and Infrastructure Committee on Dec. 4 moved two items related to the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) to the full City Council without recommendation.
Chair Cashman said she could not support a two‑year hauler services contract because it does not align with the city's stated goal of phasing out HERC. She proposed moving the contract forward without recommendation and seeking to reduce the contract length to one year. "I can't support this item because I think it doesn't do enough to help us phase out our use of the HERC facility," Chair Cashman said. The committee voted to advance the contract to the full council without recommendation.
On the related legislative directive introduced by a council member (identified in the transcript as Rainville/Rainfell), staff and the sponsor agreed to work together on language clarifications about energy produced at the HERC and move the directive forward without recommendation. Both motions carried by voice vote, and the items will appear on the full council agenda for further consideration.
