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AUTHORIZING SUBAWARD AGREEMENT WITH THE METROPOLITAN MAYORS CAUCUS TO PERFORM RECYCLING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH IN KANE COUNTY
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WHEREAS, the Kane County Solid Waste Management Plan, adopted by the Kane County Board in 1992, and most recently updated in 2020 recommends that the County continue to maintain and improve a high-quality public educational outreach portfolio and to target outreach and education efforts to areas of the County where data indicate lower-than-average recycling rates; and
WHEREAS, the Kane County Recycling Coordinator worked with other Chicago-area counties and with the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, a 501(c)(3) organization, to submit a $2,000,000 proposal to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) under the 2024 Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) program; and
WHEREAS, that proposal specified that certain targeted education and outreach activities would be conducted via subaward agreement by each participating partner, should the proposal be selected for funding; and
WHEREAS, each participating partner was allocated Eighty-three Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Dollars and Thirty-three Cents ($83,333.33) in the proposal budget; and
WHEREAS, USEPA did select the Municipal Mayors' Caucus-submitted proposal for funding under the REO program, with a grant start date of June 1, 2024 and an end date of May 31, 2027.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kane County Board hereby authorizes the Chairman to enter a subaward agreement with the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus to fund the development and provision of recycling education and outreach by the Kane County Recycling Program in the amount of Eighty-three Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Dollars and Thirty-three Cents ($83,333.33), to be administered through a sub-department of the Enterprise Surcharge Fund (650.670).
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