HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0130.001 2014-2016Margaret Wille
Council Member
District 9 - North and South Kohala
Hawaii County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai `i
Holomua Center
64-1067 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite C-5
Waimea, Hawaii 96743
Phone No. Hilo: (808) 961-8027
Phone No. Waimea: (808) 887-2043
Fax No.: (808) 887-2072
E -Mail: mwille@co.hawaii.hi.us
West Hawai'i Civic Center Bldg. A
74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy.
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii ,96740
TO: Dru Mamo Kanuha, Council Chair _
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Margaret Wille, Council Member
DATE: February 27, 2015
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Resolution No. 87-15; A Resolution Urging the
Mayor to Enter into One or More Multi -Year Contracts for Zero Waste
Diversion Programs to Divert Recoverable Materials from the Landfills.
Please find attached a proposed amendment to Resolution No. 87-15. The amendment is
illustrated below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Resolution
No. 87-15; material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken through. A draft copy of
Resolution No. 87-15, Draft 2, is attached with the proposed amendments incorporated.
The eighth Whereas clause is amended to read as follows:
"WHEREAS, it is in the County's best interest to enter into one or more multi-year
contracts to establish zero waste diversion programs [bred onfie yeafagreemen;wit h
the optio,, f ,. two o�te fisi ns ( five yeafs o eh)]; now, therefore,"
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Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Ref. To: He A Z,Ref, Date MAR 0 3 2015
Hawaii County Is An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer
February 27, 2015
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A RESOLUTION URGING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO ONE OR MORE MULTI-
YEAR CONTRACTS FOR ZERO WASTE DIVERSION PROGRAMS TO DIVERT
RECOVERABLE MATERIALS FROM THE LANDFILLS.
WHEREAS, Council Resolution No. 28-03, Draft 2, pursuant to Hawaii Revised
Statutes §342G-2, affirms that each county adopt solid waste management practices in the
following order of priority: (1) source reduction; (2) recycling and bioconversion, including
composting; and (3) landfilling and incineration; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 356-07, Draft 2, a resolution to embrace and adopt the
principles of zero waste as a long-term goal for Hawaii County, was adopted on December 19,
2007; and
WHEREAS, the 2009 County of Hawaii Integrated Resources and Solid Waste
Management Plan Update — The Path to Zero Waste (IRSWMP) identified that 55.5%, or
116,550 tons, of the waste disposed at County landfills were paper and organic materials that
could be composted, thereby preserving valuable landfill space; and
WHEREAS, the IRSWMP states: "Public education is a critical component of a
successful environmental program as it informs citizens about proper solid waste management
methods and ways to reduce waste, and enhances public understanding and participation in
various reuse and recycling activities. Education programs also serve to inform people of the
wide variety of solid waste services provided by the County and other entities."; and
WHEREAS, the County currently landfills over 100,000 tons of recoverable material,
over and above compostable organics, including textiles, ceramics, polymers, metals, glass,
demolition wood, and other reusable or recoverable materials and products; and
WHEREAS, in light of the short -life expectancy of the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill,
diversion of recoverable materials will help to extend the term that this landfill is available to
East Hawai `i; and
WHEREAS, diversion programs for discarded, recoverable materials are less costly than
landfilling these materials at West Hawaii Sanitary Landfill; and
WHEREAS, it is in the County's best interest to enter into one or more multi-year
contracts to establish zero waste diversion programs; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it
hereby urges the Mayor to enter into one or more multi-year contracts for zero waste diversion
programs to divert recoverable materials from the landfills.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi, the Director of Environmental
Management, and the Director of Finance.