Agenda - Council Work Session - 03/26/2024

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DocuSign Envelope ID:E1227292-CABD-4035-9075-56C5CB154254 Minn. Stat. §115A.,557 COUNTY WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING FUNDING. Subdivision 1. Distribution; formula. Any funds appropriated to the commissioner for the purpose of distribution to counties under this section must be distributed each fiscal year by the commissioner based on population, except a county may not receive less than$55,000 in a fiscal year. If the amount available for distribution under this section is less or more than the amount available in fiscal year 2001,the minimum county payment under this section is reduced or increased proportionately. For purposes of this subdivision, "population" has the definition given in section 477A.011, subdivision 3. A county that participates in a multicounty district that manages solid waste and that has responsibility for recycling programs as authorized in section 115A.552,must pass through to the districts funds received by the county in excess of the minimum county payment under this section in proportion to the population of the county served by that district. Subd. 2. Permissible expenditures. (a)A county receiving money distributed by the commissioner under this section may use the money only for the development and implementation of programs to: (1)reduce the amount of solid waste generated; (2)recycle the maximum amount of solid waste technically feasible; (3) create and support markets for recycled products; (4)remove problem materials from the solid waste stream and develop proper disposal options for them; (5)inform and educate all sectors of the public about proper solid waste management procedures; (6)provide technical assistance to public and private entities to ensure proper solid waste management; (7)provide educational, technical, and financial assistance for litter prevention; (8)process mixed municipal solid waste generated in the county at a resource recovery facility located in Minnesota; (9) compost source-separated compostable materials, including the provision of receptacles for residential composting; (10)prevent food waste or collect and transport food donated to humans or to be fed to animals; and (11)process source-separated compostable materials that are to be used to produce class I or class II compost, as defined in Minnesota Rules,part 7035.2836, after being processed in an anaerobic digester,but not to construct buildings or acquire equipment. (b)Beginning in fiscal year 2015 and continuing thereafter, of any money distributed by the commissioner under this section to a metropolitan county, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, that exceeds the amount the county was eligible to receive under this section in fiscal year 2014: (1) at least 50 percent must be expended on activities in paragraph(a), clauses(9)to(11); and(2)the remainder must be expended on activities in paragraph(a),clauses (1)to(7)and(9)to (11),that advance the county toward achieving its recycling goal under section 115A.551.