The Zero Waste Advisory Commission held a special called meeting on March 20 with a single action item – to approve the commission’s recommendations for Fiscal Year 2026 and 2027 budget goals. The commission unanimously passed a resolution containing the following recommendations:
- Initiate adequate reserve funding for the support of daily waste, recycling, heavy brush and organic recycling collection operations.
- Identify and develop a North Austin Transfer Station to address the growth occurring in the area.
- Increase Austin Resource Recovery’s reserve fund balance to meet at a minimum a three-month cost of operation reserve.
The specific amount of the funding increase will be determined at a later date. The resolution will be posted online within the coming month and will be presented to the City Council on April 8.