Subject:
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Solid Waste Hauling Services for Class I and Class III Solid Waste from Sarno Road Transfer Station and the Sarno Road Class III Landfill to the Central Disposal Facility Competitive Solicitation and Contract
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Fiscal Impact:
Approximately $750,000.00 per year (will vary due to need and waste amounts)
Dept/Office:
Solid Waste Management Department
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners:
- Authorize the Solid Waste Management Department to develop, advertise, and award a competitive solicitation for Class I and Class III Solid Waste Hauling Services;
- Authorize the BoCC Chair to execute any subsequent contract(s), contract amendments, contract renewals, and any necessary contract extensions upon review and approval by the County Attorney's Office, Risk Management, and Purchasing Services;
- Authorize the County Manager to approve any necessary budget change requests.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
In order to extend the life of the Sarno Road Landfill, select Class III waste is being diverted from disposal in the landfill and routed through the transfer station to be disposed at the Central Disposal Facility. In addition to the diverted Class III waste, there has been an approximately 10% increase in the volume of Class I waste being disposed at the Sarno Road Transfer Station from 2020 to 2021. This increase in waste requires a temporary expansion of the existing County transfer fleet through the use of a contracted waste hauler. The temporary use of a contracted waste hauler for Class I waste from the transfer station will account for the time between advertising a bid for the purchase of additional semi-trucks to expand the County transfer fleet and the receiving of those trucks for County use.
While a replacement Class III landfill is being constructed at the US192 Solid Waste Management Facility, there is a potential that the replacement landfill will not be available to rece...
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