File #: RS2024-671    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/6/2024 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 8/20/2024 Final action: 8/20/2024
Title: A resolution approving two amendments to two agreements between The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and the State of Tennessee, Department of Environment and Conservation, concerning maintenance of closed solid waste disposal facilities.
Sponsors: Delishia Porterfield, Sean Parker, Terry Vo
Attachments: 1. Agreements Amendments Exhibit
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A resolution approving two amendments to two agreements between The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and the State of Tennessee, Department of Environment and Conservation, concerning maintenance of closed solid waste disposal facilities.
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WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County ("Metro") owns the Bordeaux Sanitary Landfill (SNL 190000092), and the Thermal Ash Monofill (IDL 190000068), both of which are closed solid waste disposal facilities, maintained pursuant to two agreements (the "Agreements") between the State of Tennessee, Department of Environment and Conservation ("TDEC") and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County ("Metro"); and,
WHEREAS, each Agreement lists the "total penal sum" that TDEC may collect in the event Metro fails to properly perform its duties relative to the closed solid waste disposal facilities; and,
WHEREAS, the Agreements are annually adjusted for inflation by recalculating the closure and/or post closure cost estimate; and,
WHEREAS, attached hereto as Exhibit A, are two amendments to the Agreements for Bordeaux and Thermal Ash, reflecting the new total penal sum: and,
WHEREAS, BL2010-719 provides that amendments to the Agreements may be approved by resolution of the Metropolitan County Council with 21 or more affirmative votes; and,
WHEREAS, approval of the two amendments is in the best interests of the citizens of the Metropolitan Government.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the two amendments to the Agreements, attached hereto as Exhibit A, between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and the State of Tennessee, Department of Environment and Conservation, concerning maintenance of closed solid waste disposal facilities, are hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Mayor is authorized to execute the same.
Section 2. This resolution ...

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