Waste Management Planning Steering Committee

That Councillor Ugulini BE NOMINATED as Chair of the Waste Management Planning Steering Committee for a two-year term (2021- 2022).

That nominations for the position of Chair of the Waste Management Planning Steering Committee for a two-year term (2021-2022), BE CLOSED.

That Councillor Witteveen BE NOMINATED as Vice-Chair of the Waste Management Planning Steering Committee for a two-year term (2021- 2022).

That nominations for the position of Vice-Chair of the Waste Management Planning Steering Committee for a two-year term (2021-2022), BE CLOSED.

That Report WMPSC-C 14-2021, dated February 22, 2021, respecting Appointment of Citizen Members to the Waste Management Planning Steering Committee, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: 1. That the Waste Management Advisory Committee (WMAC) BE DISCONTINUED, effective immediately; 2. For the remainder of this term of Regional Council, the past WMAC Chair and delegate CONTINUE as members of the Waste Management Planning Steering Committee (WMPSC); 3. For future terms of Regional Council, a formal application process for selecting two (2) citizen members to sit on the WMPSC, BE USED; 4. That the existing WMPSC’s Terms of Reference BE AMENDED to include the following composition:  Maximum of 12 individuals, including: the Regional Chair, up to nine (9) Regional Councillors and two (2) citizen members. 5. That a complete update to the existing WMPSC’s Terms of Reference BE COMPLETED by Niagara Region’s Clerk’s Department, in consultation with Waste Management staff.

That Correspondence Item WMPSC-C 16-2021, being a memorandum from A.-M. Norio, Regional Clerk, dated February 22, 2021, respecting 2021 Waste Management Planning Steering Committee Meeting Dates, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That the Waste Management Planning Steering Committee meetings BE HELD on Mondays at 9:00 a.m. on the following dates in 2021: April 19, June 28, August 30, October 18, December 13.

That the following items BE RECEIVED for information: WMPSC-C 1-2021 Councillor Information Request WMPSC-C 2-2021 Alternative Waste Management Technologies Update WMPSC-C 3-2021 Update on Blue Box Funding for 2021 WMPSC-C 4-2021 Discontinuation of the Broken Container Exchange Program WMPSC-C 5-2021 Humberstone Landfill Site Public Liaison Committee Meeting Minutes - April 3, 2019 WMPSC-C 6-2021 Humberstone Landfill Site Public Liaison Committee Meeting Minutes - November 25, 2020 WMPSC-C 7-2021 Mandatory Closed-Top Garbage Cotainers WMPSC-C 8-2021 Information on Plastic Garbage Bags WMPSC-C 9-2021 Waste Management Tipping Fees WMPSC-C 10-2021 2020 Illegal Dumping Summary and 2021 Mitigation Measure WMPSC-C 11-2021 Anti-Litter Initiatives - Blue Box Lid WMPSC-C 13-2021 Recycling Centre and Market Update