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Oscoda County board authorizes review and chair signature on five-county materials management plan
Summary
After a virtual presentation from Resource Recycling Systems, the board voted unanimously to review and authorize a multi-county materials management interlocal agreement that would designate Alpena County as the planning agency for a five-county region.
Elisa Seltzer, a senior consultant with Resource Recycling Systems, gave a virtual overview of state materials management planning requirements and presented a draft interlocal agreement that would pair Oscoda County with four neighboring counties for a regional plan. The agreement proposes Alpena County serve as the designated planning agency for Alcona, Alpena, Oscoda, Montmorency and Iosco counties.
Why it matters: Regional planning would let counties share costs and meet state materials management requirements collectively, officials said, potentially affecting how local solid-waste programs are organized and funded.
Following the presentation, Commissioner Libby Marsh moved and Commissioner Tom McCauley seconded a motion to review the Multi-County Materials Management Plan interlocal agreement and authorize the board chair to sign the agreement. The motion carried on a roll-call vote recorded as four yes, zero no.
Seltzer outlined a timeline and the plan's required elements, including outreach and a materials flow assessment. The board did not amend the draft at the meeting and directed staff to proceed with the administrative steps needed for finalization.
The board’s action authorizes the chair to sign the interlocal agreement; the record does not specify final dates for public hearings or state filings. The next procedural step is completion of internal review and any required public-notice steps before a final adoption vote or filings, as appropriate.
