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TONNAGE GRANT APPLICATION RESOLUTION
\VHEREAS, 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
\VHEREAS, 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 expand existing programs; and
\VHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has promulgated
recycling regulations to implement the Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act;
and
WHEREAS, 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
\VlIEREAS, a resolution authorizing this municipality to apply for such tonnage grants
for the calendar year 2008 will memorialize the commitment of this municipality to
recycling and to indicate the assent of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret
to the eftarts undertaken by the municipality and the requirements contained in the
Recycling Act and recycling regulations; and
\VHEREAS, 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 RESOL VED, that the monies received from recycling tonnage grant
be deposited in a dedicated recycling tmst fund to be used solely for the purposes of
recycling.
Adopted this gili day of October, 2009 and
certified as a true copy of the original on
October 9ili, 2009.
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, MMC
Municipal Clerk
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Adopted at a meeting of the Municipal Council
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