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Hennepin County board requires final approval for Minneapolis waste contract, shortens city reporting window for recycling policy
Summary
The board added a requirement that waste-delivery agreements with cities of the first class be returned to the full board for final approval prior to signature and approved amendments shortening reporting windows for large cities and accelerating improvement-plan timelines for SCORE funding compliance.
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 6 voted to add a board-approval step to negotiations of waste-delivery agreements involving "cities of the first class," including Minneapolis, and to accelerate parts of the county's residential waste reduction and recycling funding policy.
Chair Irene Fernando said the amendment allows staff to continue routine negotiations while ensuring that final contracts with cities of the first class are brought back to the full board "for final approval prior to signature." Lisa Cerny, assistant county administrator for public works, told the board the…
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