Int. No. 839
By Council Member Johnson
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a temporary task force to review City procurement and disposal practices
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Task force on environmental procurement and disposal. There is hereby established a temporary task force to review city procurement and disposal practices and develop recommendations for reducing costs and negative environmental impacts associated with such practices. The task force shall be comprised of ten members, with one representative each from the council, the mayor's office of contract services, the mayor's office of recovery and resiliency, the department of citywide administrative services, and the department of sanitation, along with five additional members, three of whom shall be appointed by the mayor and two of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the council. Upon the appointment of all members, the task force shall elect a chair from its membership at the first meeting of such task force. Members of the task force shall serve without compensation and shall meet when deemed necessary by the chair or upon the written request of at least three members of the task force. The task force shall issue a report to the mayor and the speaker of the council on or before January 1, 2016. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, recommendations for best practices in City procurement and disposal to minimize and efficiently and in an environmentally-responsible manner dispose of the waste generated as a byproduct of City procurement. Such report shall be posted on the city's website within seven days from its submission to the mayor and the speaker of the council. The task force shall cease to exist three months after the issuance of such report.
ยง2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.
ASB
4/21/15
LS #4294