HomeMy WebLinkAbout27573 / 75-20# 20 RESOLUTION
MAY 1 1975
WHEREAS, the City oE Oshkosh together with the Town of Oshkosh
have operated a sanitary landfill £or the last several years, and
WHEREAS, said operation was�£easible primarily because of
the operation of the City incinerator which reduced the City's
volume of disposable solid waste, and
WHEREAS, the City of Oshkosh is now, together with the Cities
of Neenah and Menasha, under ordere to cease operation o£ its
incinerator by July 31, 1975, and -
WHEREAS, such cessation will greatly increase the volume of
solid waste required to be disposed of at the landfill site
necessitating a larger site and much more detai.led engineering
plans and working programs, and
WHEREAS, the Cities of Neenah and Menasha are presently
looking for a landfill site which will require the same amount
of engineering detail, and �
WHEREAS, the Cities o£ oshkosh, Neenah, and Menasha, together
with the Town of Oshkosh, comprise a large portion of Winnebago
County, and .
WHEREAS, there may be a necessity £or the other Towns in
said County to have a land£ill site for the disposal of their
solid wastes, and - �
WHEREAS, Winnebago County, pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes
Section 59.07 (135) has the power to operate a solid waste
management system, and
WHEREAS, the greater proportion of the population oi the County
are in need of stch a system and economics would appear to fawr a
single oneration p.roperly engineered, operat.ed and maintained, and
N7HEREAS, said efficiency would be greatly enhanced by the higher
uni't o£ government operating the entire system, .
NOW, TE3iREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the
City o£ Oshkosh that Winnebago County is hereby urged to purchase
the City of Oshkosh/TOwn o£ Oshkosh land£ill site, to accept options
and exercise same £or the purchase of additional acreage £or the
operation of a cour.ty-wide land fill site, thereby guaranteeing to
all the residents of Winnebago County a long-term site that will'
be properly engineered, managed and controlled for the purposes
of disposal of solid waste generated in 47innebago County.
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