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No. 1745 Date or Adoption FelxLlaiy 9 2017
TONNAGE GRANT APPLICATION RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act, P.L. 1987 , c102,
has established a recycling fund from which tonnage grant may be made to
municipalities in order to encourage local source separation and recycling
programs; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent and the spirit of the Mandatory Source Separation and
Recycling Act to use the tonnage grants to develop new municipal recycling
programs and to continue and to expand existing programs; and
VIHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Portection has
promulgated recycling regulations to implement the Mandatory Source
Separation and Recycling Act; and
a1Vl-1 RLAS, the recycling regulations impose on municipalities certain
requirements as a condition for applying for tonnage grants, including but not
limited to making and Keeping accurate, verifiable records of materials collected
and claimed by the municipality; and
INHEREAS, a resolutions authorizing this municipality to apply for such tonnage
grants for the calendar year 2016 will memoralize the commitment of this
municipality to recycling and to indicate tha assent of the Mayor and Council of
the Borough of Carteret to the efforts undertaken by the municipality and the
requirements contained in the Recycling Act and recycling regulations; and
)JI]HEREAS, such resolution should designate the individual authorized to ensure
the application is properly completed and timely filed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of
Carteret that the Borough of Carteret hereby endorses the submission of the
recycling tonnage grant application to the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection and designates Recycling Coordinator John Riley to
ensure that the application is properly filed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the monies received from recycling tonnage
grant be deposited in the dedicated recycling trust fund to be used solely for the
purposes of recycling.
Adopted this 9 day of February. 2017
and certified as a true copy of the original
on February 10, 2017.
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, MMC
Municipal Clerk
ItEC01W OF COUNCIL VOTE
COUNCILMAN YES A .1S.
COUNCILMAN YES NO NV A.B.
B=INO X
JOHAL X
rNO rNV
DIAZ X
KRU[ 1 X
DIrIASGIO X
NAPLES X
X - Indicate Vote All - AbscuL IVV - Not Vuting XUR - Indicates Vote to Ovenule Veto
Adopted at a meeting of the Municipal Council
ri 9, 2017
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