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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Herb Bartle, Superintendent Bozeman WRF
Craig Woolard, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: Renewal of the Interlocal Agreement for Biosolids and Green Waste
Disposal with Gallatin Solid Waste Management District Board and Gallatin County
Commission.
MEETING DATE: July 21, 2014
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager to sign the Interlocal Agreement for
Biosolids and Green Waste Disposal with the Gallatin Solid Management District Board and
Gallatin County Commission.
BACKGROUND: This is an automatic renewal of an agreement between the City and the
Gallatin Solid Management District Board and Gallatin County Commission for a five year
period. This agreement allows the City to reduce its labor requirements of injecting liquid
sludge. It also allows the County landfill to compost the biosolids disposed of by the City and
use it as topsoil when the landfill closes its cells.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: There are no known unresolved issues to be addressed by the
Commission.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the Commission.
FISCAL EFFECTS: The City will only be charged twenty five percent (25%) of the “regular
municipal solid waste fee” when the dewatered biosolids are disposed of in the beneficial re-use
area at the County landfill.
ATTACHMENTS: Interlocal Agreement for Biosolids and Green Waste Disposal with Gallatin
Solid Waste Management District Board and Gallatin County Commission.
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