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Development Services Memorandum <br /> No. 16-09 <br /> DATE: March 16, 2016 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council <br /> FROM: Tim Gleason, City Manager <br /> Billy Tyus, Assistant City Manager for Development Services <br />' SUBJECT: Resolution extending current recycling agreement with Midwest Fiber for 30 <br /> days. <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the 30 day <br /> extension for the current recycling agreement with Midwest Fiber Inc. of Decatur. <br /> BACKGROUND: The City's single stream recycling program was implemented in 2011 <br /> and by all accounts has been a resounding success. Participation today is up from about <br /> 15% in 2010 to almost 60% today and other communities have called on several <br /> occasions looking to utilize Decatur as a model. The city entered into an agreement with <br /> Midwest Fiber in 2011 as part of the program rollout to process community recyclables <br /> with the agreement set to expire at the end of this month. <br /> This resolution would extend the current agreement with Midwest Fiber under the same <br /> terms for 30 days while we continue to work towards how to best accommodate recycling <br /> processing going forward in what, today, is a down recycling commodities market. The <br /> current agreement is attached. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There are no known objections to this resolution. <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: Midwest Fiber <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Tim Gleason, City Manager, at 217-424-2801 or Billy Tyus, <br /> Assistant City Manager for Development Services, at bt,yusndecaturil.�ov or 217-424- <br /> 2727 <br /> BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None <br />