The Commission approved an updated municipal and commercial composting blueprint originally developed in 2017, which now reflects current policies, resources, and programs across Cass and Clay County jurisdictions. The update reviews accepted materials at local composting programs and landfills, outlines a framework for evaluating municipal composting initiatives, and highlights model ordinances and active programs in cities such as Minneapolis, Duluth, Mankato, Rochester, Sioux Falls, and Lincoln. While this action itself is policy-focused, the revised blueprint is a planning tool that jurisdictions can use to design or expand organics collection and composting programs, ordinances, and infrastructure. This positions the region for future procurements in program design, ordinance drafting, public outreach, and potentially facility or collection service contracts as local governments implement the blueprint’s recommendations and look to replicate peer programs noted in the document.

Blueprint references external example programs and ordinance language, signaling that local jurisdic...