(a) The county may enter into multiyear contracts for the collection and disposal of solid waste to the extent that the county council has provided appropriations sufficient to fund such contracts. Appropriations by the county council must specify the revenues to be derived from collection charges and disposal fees as well as other revenues as may be necessary to fund the appropriations.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), section 11B-8(a), or any other provision of county law governing multiyear contracts, the chief administrative officer, on behalf of the county, may enter into and amend multiyear contracts with the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority or any other party, including contracts authorized by section 3-915 of the Natural Resources Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, if;
(1) The facilities or services provided by the authority or another party under the contract or amendment are described in a notice of intent submitted to the county under section 3-920 of the Natural Resources Article; and
(2) The notice of intent specifically proposes that the county enter into or amend a multiyear contract for the described facilities or services under this subsection; and
(3) The notice of intent has not been disapproved by the county council during the 120-day period described in section 3-920 of the Natural Resources Article; and
(4) The county council has not, within forty-five (45) days after receiving the final draft contract or amendment and a notice that the chief administrative officer intends to sign the contract or amendment in that form, disapproved the contract or amendment by resolution. The provisions of subsection (a) and section 11B-8(a) requiring annual appropriations and a termination provision for any multiyear contract do not apply to any contract authorized under this subsection. However, every multiyear contract or amendment authorized by this subsection must permit the county to terminate its obligations under the contract or amendment for convenience if the county provides the contracting parties with amounts sufficient to defray costs and obligations that the parties have incurred in accordance with the contract or amendment. (1981 L.M.C., ch. 37, § 1; 1988 L.M.C., ch. 41, § 1.)