The City of Marquette entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement for the disposal of solid waste and the establishment of a joint solid waste management authority on June 16, 1988 along with 21 other constituent municipalities. Under the agreement, the municipalities are responsible for overseeing collection and transportation of solid waste generated under their jurisdiction.  As part of this responsibility they are responsible for authorizing haulers and collection of system charges from those haulers through their internal invoicing process. The agreement also requires all solid waste generated in the County to be hauled to the facility created by this agreement.

This process was later confirmed and expanded upon in a user agreement between the Marquette County Solid Waste Management Authority (MCSWMA) and the City of Marquette, entered into on July 10, 1989.  Such agreements were authorized when the Articles of Incorporation for the Authority were adopted by the City Commission on July 11, 1988.

The current fiscal year budget contains offsetting revenues and expenditures in the amount of approximately $575,000 to accommodate residential and commercial haulers that operate within the City’s jurisdiction for FY 2020.  Individual City departments budget for their own solid waste disposal through this system as part of their operating budget for an approximate total of $105,000, which includes $80,000 in already approved expenditures through our seven-year contract for hauling at the household rubbish drop-off site.

Reaffirm the previously signed agreements listed in the background and the budgeted amounts presented during the budget process and approve the purchase order in the amount of $680,000 with the understanding that the expenditures may vary, depending on the amount of activity through residential and commercial haulers.