The Southeastern Public Service Authority board voted Dec. 10 to update and append its Strategic Operating Plan to reflect the Waste Supply and Service Agreement (WSSA) and the post‑2018 use-and-support agreements with member communities, formally designating Commonwealth Sortation LLC as the disposal mechanism for the AWD project.

Dennis Bagley, SPSA’s executive director, told the board the revisions were largely technical but included the key change required by an earlier board condition: designation of Commonwealth Sortation/AMP (the AWD contractor) as the disposal partner and clarifying language across sections on transfer-station delivery points, receiving times and recyclable-waste definitions. The board moved (Mister Kiefer) and seconded (Mister McCoy) the resolution; a roll-call vote recorded affirmatives from members present.

Bagley and communications staff framed the decision as the final of four conditions the board set before implementation. Bagley said that, with that condition satisfied, implementation is the “easy part” that follows the contractual and permitting milestones.

Board and staff updates included implementation milestones and public communications steps: the AWD contract was effective Dec. 1, 2025; if the contractor meets obligations, by Jan. 29 the contractor is expected to be processing 150,000 tons per year with a 20 percent target recover rate. The transcript records the authority’s estimate that the contractor’s recovery would represent roughly 6.6 of municipal waste (transcript phraseology: "6.6"), which Bagley compared to existing “blue can” recycling in some member cities.

Communications staff said outreach has included a dedicated AWD web page (sipsava.gov/awd), a press release that generated 25+ earned articles, social‑media growth, an animated explainer planned for 2026 and a proposed public dashboard to report monthly tons recovered and other metrics. Bagley also reported recent national and international media interest, including interviews for the Wall Street Journal and Reuters.

What’s next: with the plan adopted, staff and the contractor will proceed to implementation, public-facing outreach and scheduled facility tours beginning in early 2026; the board authorized the executive director to execute the steps necessary to append the revised plan to the post‑2018 use-and-support agreements.