R09-57

RESOLUTION OF THE BOROUGH OF MERCHANTVILLE,

COUNTY OF CAMDEN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY APPROVING

APPLICATION FOR RECYCLING TONNAGE GRANT

SUBJECT:  APPROVING THE APPLICATION OF A RECYCLING TONNAGE GRANT

WHEREAS, the Mandatory Source Separation and Recycling Act Recycling Act P.L. 1987, c.102, has established a recycling fund from which tonnage grants may be made to municipalities in order to encourage local source separation and recycling programs; and

WHEREAS, it is the intent and 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

WHEREAS, 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 imposed on municipalities certain requirements as a condition for applying for tonnage grants, including but not limited to making and keeping accurate, verifiable materials collected and claimed by the municipality and by setting up a dedicated recycling trust fund where funds shall be used solely for the purposes of recycling;

and

WHEREAS, a resolution authorizing this municipality to apply for such tonnage grants will memorialize the commitment of this municipality to recycling and indicate the assent of the Borough of Merchantville to the efforts undertaken by the municipality and the requirements contained in the recycling act and recycling regulations; and

WHEREAS, such a resolution should designate the individual authorized to ensure that the application is properly completed and timely filed,

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the governing body of the Borough of Merchantville, County of Camden, State of New Jersey, that the Borough of Merchantville hereby endorses the submission of a municipal recycling tonnage grant application to the New Jersey DEP Office of Recycling and designates Bradford C. Stokes, Recycling Coordinator, to ensure that the said application is properly filed.

Adopted:

                                                                                    APPROVED:

ATTEST:                                                                       FRANK M. NORTH

                                                                                    MAYOR

DENISE L. BROUSE

BOROUGH CLERK

April 13, 2009