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8.C. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er December 3, 2012 SUBJECT Governance Board — South Bayside Waste Management Authority RECOMMENDATION 1. By motion authorize the Mayor to transmit a letter inviting electing officials from member agencies to participate in a Blue Ribbon Task Force to analyze the governance structure and board composition of the South Bayside Waste Management Authority (SBWMA) and develop alternatives to the current structure. 2. Authorize the City Council Utilities Committee to appoint a member of the committee to serve on the task force and also select an alternate to serve. BACKGROUND The South Bayside Waste Management Authority (SBWMA - also commonly called RethinkWaste), was formed in 1982 as a joint powers authority (JPA) with twelve member agencies in San Mateo County. Those member agencies are Atherton, Belmont, Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, County of San Mateo, and West Bay Sanitary District. SBWMA's primary goal is to provide cost effective waste reduction, recycling, and solid waste programs to member agencies through franchised services. SBWMA also owns the Shoreway Environmental Center in San Carlos which is operated by South Bay Recycling on behalf of the authority. The FY 2012 budget for SBWMA included revenues of over $40 million, and operating expenses of $36.5 million. The $36.5 million operating expenses budget includes the SBWMA program budget of $3.5 million. That program budget includes the personnel costs of SBWMA's 7.8 employees as well as administrative, contract compliance and recycling diversion program expenses. SBWMA is led by an Executive Director who reports to a Board of Directors comprised of staff inembers of inember agencies. The staff inembers serving on the Board range in rank from City Managers, to Public Works Directors and Superintendents, to Management Analysts.