Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee

SWMAC

All meetings are held from 9 AM to 10 AM in the Public Meeting Room of the Public Services Building located at 2700 "M" Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301, unless otherwise noted.

Upcoming Meetings

• January 21, 2030

Previous Meetings, Agendas, & Minutes

Legal Authority

Established by Kern County Solid Waste Management Plan and Board of Supervisors Minute Order of September 16, 1980 to be implemented by Kern County Public Works Department; Minute Orders of October 13, 1981, January 5, 1982, February 8, 1982, February 21, 1984, November 10, 1987, March 15, 1988 and September 5, 1989 increased membership; Minute Order of April 9, 1985 changed name, scope and membership of committee; reconstituted as Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee (SWMAC) by Minute Order of January 28, 1986. By Resolution 90-151, the existing SWMAC to serve as the Local Task Force; by Minute Order of April 19, 1994, the composition of SWMAC was restructured. Resolution 95-433 approved amended bylaws adding alternate members; Resolution 2001-384 restructured the SWMAC and set rules for the conduct of meetings; Resolution 2002-013 designated restructured SWMAC as Local Task Force; Resolution 2025-144 amended the meeting schedule requiring the County to convene the task force once every five years, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 40950.

Membership Qualifications

Nine (9) members and three (3) alternates consisting of the following representation:

• Two (2) members from public at large—one from a city or unincorporated county area with mandatory or universal collection and one from a city or unincorporated county area without mandatory or universal collection
• Two (2) franchise garbage haulers—one operating in Metropolitan Bakersfield and one operating in Non-Metropolitan Bakersfield
• One (1) Recycler
• One (1) member of the Bakersfield City Council and an alternate
• One (1) member of the Association of Cities and an alternate representing cities in Kern County other than the City of Bakersfield
• Two (2) members of the Kern County Board of Supervisors and an alternate

Term

To serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors

Duties of SWMAC/Local Task Force (LTF)

It shall be the responsibility of the Committee to:

• Review the County's current solid waste management system for adequacy and effectiveness
• Review the County's current plan for implementing solid waste management in the future
• Provide input through Kern County Public Works to County's engineering consultants related to solid waste management planning
• Make recommendations to Board of Supervisors by periodic reports of committee concerning solid waste management program of County