DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management
DEPARTMENT HEAD: David W. McCary
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
SUBJECT:
Organic Material Processing Contract Amendment
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance authorizes an amendment to increase the contract value with New Earth, Inc. by an additional seven hundred twenty thousand dollars ($720,000.00) per year, with a new contract amount not to exceed one million three hundred twenty thousand dollars ($1,320,000.00) per year, through the remainder of the initial 5-year term of the Agreement. This Ordinance also authorizes New Earth, Inc. to reimburse the City $0.50 per ton of coarse mulch when collected from the Bitters Brush Recycling Center and $0.25 per ton of coarse mulch when collected from the Nelson Gardens Brush Recycling Center, for their use as additional feedstock in its composting operations. This contract is used by the Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) to process materials collected from the residential curbside organics recycling program. This amendment shall provide for continued and uninterrupted processing of materials by New Earth, Inc. through February 28, 2019.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
City Council approved Ordinance 2013-01-31-0077 to establish a subscription based program for Organics Recycling that began in mid FY 2013. Ordinance 2013-01-31-0078 authorized an extension and increase in the value of the contract with New Earth, Inc. to process organic material collected from the program. The program consists of a third collection cart that is used by residents to dispose of organic materials such as grass clippings, leaves, shredded paper, kitchen scraps, food-soiled paper and soiled pizza boxes. The organic materials are collected by Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) crews using automated equipment and delivered to New Earth, Inc. for processing into compost. This compost is marketed and sold by the contractor.
This program was initially provided as a pi...
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