IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute an Agreement with Bridging the Gap, Inc., to provide for a solid waste audit and assessment of the County's offices and facilities, at a cost of $10,000,00 and to provide matching funds to a grant from the Mid-American Regional Council Solid Waste Management District to create and operate a rotating weekend recycling center for portions of the County without adequate recycling services, at a cost of $20,000,00 for a total cost of $30,000,00.
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RESOLUTION #10785, April 17, 1995
INTRODUCED BY John Patrick Burnett, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, Bridging the Gap, Inc., is a locally-based not-for-profit organization that unites the business community, local government, and citizens in a common search for solutions to environmental problems; and,
WHEREAS, since 1991 Bridging the Gap has been intimately involved in community- based environmental action in greater Kansas City, including waste prevention, environmental education, residential recycling, and the promotion of business recycling efforts; and,
WHEREAS, Bridging the Gap has proposed to conduct for the County a waste audit and assessment of primary County buildings and facilities and to make recommendations to the County as to the most efficient ways to reduce solid waste and recover/recycle the maximum quantity of materials, to be implemented gradually with a great deal of emphasis on education throughout the County's staff, at a cost of $10,000; and,
WHEREAS, Bridging the Gap has also requested that the County provide matching funds in the amount of $20,000 to a grant which it anticipates receiving from the Mid- America Regional Council Solid Waste Management District to provide funding for a rotating weekend recycling center that would serve several geographic areas in the County in which recycling is presently underdeveloped; and,
WHEREAS, both of these init...
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