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A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN
OF GULF STREAM, FLORIDA EXPRESSING THE OPPOSITION
OF THE COMMISSION TO THE ENACTMENT BY THE FLORIDA
LEGISLATURE OF HOUSE BILL 97 RELATING TO THE SOLID
WASTE AUTHORITY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the 1991 Florida Legislature is being requested
to consider House Bill No. 97 to amend the structure of the
governing Board of the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach
County; and
WHEREAS, the Solid Waste Authority governing Board currently
includes 4 elected municipal representatives and 3 elected Palm
Beach County Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the Solid Waste Authority Board, as presently
constituted with both municipal and county representatives, has
served the public well for the past 16 years; and
WHEREAS, for the past 16 years an elected municipal
representative of Southern Palm Beach County has served on the
Board of the Solid Waste Authority; and
WHEREAS, the elected municipal representatives serving on
the Solid Waste Authority Board have provided the leadership to
create and maintain a countywide solid waste system which is
environmentally safe and economically sound and which meets the
need of both the municipalities and the unincorporated county;
and
WHEREAS, THE MUNICIPALITIES OF Palm Beach County have
entered into cooperative agreements with the Solid Waste
Authority to meet the recycling goals of the State in large part
because the municipalities have confidence in the Solid Waste
Authority Board as presently constituted with municipal
representation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE
TOWN OF GULF STREAM, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. The Town Commission of the Town of Gulf Stream,
Florida hereby requests that the 1991 Legislature of the State
of Florida, and the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation,
oppose House Bill 97 which would remove all elected municipal
officials from the Solid Waste Authority Board, including the
elected representative of Southern Palm Beach County.
SECTION 2. That the Board of County Commissioners of Palm
Beach County is hereby requested to oppose House Bill 97 so that
municipal representatives may remain on the Solid Waste Authority
Board.
SECTION 3. That copies of this Resolution be forwarded
to Representative C. Fred Jones, Chairman of the Committee on
Community Affairs of the Florida House of Representatives, to
all members of the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation, to
each County Commissioner, to the Municipal League, and all
municipalities in Palm Beach County.
SECTION 4. This Resolution shall become effective upon
date of passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 12th DAY OF APRIL, 1991.
TOWN OF G F STREAM, LOR A
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