HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 060-2013RESOLUTION NO. en -2013
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT, SOUTH BAYSIDE
WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame:
WHEREAS, on December 9, 1999, the 12 member agencies of the South Bayside
Waste Management Authority (SBWMA) entered into a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement,
which defined the Board of Directors to include one staff person from each member agency
from a list of possible position titles; and
WHEREAS, in February 2013, a Blue Ribbon Task Force comprised of elected officials
(including Vice Mayor Brownrigg) from many of the SBWMA member agencies formed to
discuss the Authority's governance structure and related topics; and
WHEREAS, during the April 24 Task Force meeting, Redwood City staff, who provided
support to the Task Force, presented information regarding the governance models of six solid
waste JPAs in Northern California and four other types of local JPAs in which various SBWMA
members participate; and
WHEREAS, Task Force members observed that the SBWMA is the only JPA among
those reviewed that has a Board comprised of staff rather than elected officials; and
WHEREAS, Task Force members noted that the expertise of member agency staff was
essential on the Board when the Authority was not yet staffed with an Executive Director and
when highly technical matters dominated the Board's agenda; and
WHEREAS, Task Force members discussed that the important business of the Board is
now more policy -oriented, addressing matters like budgets, service levels and rates, which
belong in the purview of elected officials who are more accountable to SBWMA rate payers; and
WHEREAS, at the April 24, 2013, Task Force meeting, the Task Force voted to
recommend that the SBWMA JPA Agreement be modified to define the JPA Board as being
comprised of an elected official from each of the member agencies' governing bodies.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE THAT:
The City of Burlingame authorizes the Mayor to execute the Second Am5Tded and Restated
Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, South Bayside WaA Marlagement"thority.
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I, Mary Ellen Kearney, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
17th day of June, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCK,BROWNRIGG,DEAL,KEIGHRAN,NAGEL
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
City Clerk
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