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RESOLUTION NO. R �-- � � �j�'' <br /> RESOLUTION CREATING A TASK FORCE <br /> ON RECYCLING IN THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS <br /> WHEREAS, the Decatur City Council has acknowledged its <br /> support of recycling as an important part in Macon County' s Solid <br /> Waste Management Program; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the Council has previously authorized a pilot <br /> recycling project; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the Council wishes to explore ways to expand <br /> recycling in the City of Decatur; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the Council recognizes that the provision of <br /> recycling to all city residents may have an impact on residential <br /> refuse rates; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the Council desires recommendations be made <br /> regarding the City' s need to comply with the new State of <br /> Illinois landscape waste regulations to take effect July 1 , 1990; <br /> and, <br /> WHEREAS, the Council further desires that the mandatory <br /> refuse collection provisions of the City Code be reviewed and <br /> that recommendations be forwarded to the Council regarding same. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> DECATUR, ILLINOIS: <br /> Section 1 . That the Council hereby authorizes the creation <br /> of a 7-member task force whose purposes are the following: a) <br /> to determine how the City should proceed to expand recycling from <br /> the pilot project to service that is available city-wide; b) to <br /> determine how, if at all, residential refuse rates should be <br /> restructured to accommodate recycling; c) to recommend means by <br /> which the City may comply with State of Illinois landscape waste ', <br /> regulations; and d) to review the refuse collection provisions of , <br /> the City Code and make recommendations regarding the same. j <br /> Section 2 . That the membership of the task force created <br /> hereby shall be composed as follows: a) 3 members to be I <br /> appointed by the City Manager; b) 1 member to be a <br /> representative from the Clean Community System, and appointed by <br /> said System; c) 1 member to be a representative from the City <br /> Council, to be appointed by the Mayor; and d) 2 representatives <br />