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MEMORANDUM <br />To: Board of Orange County Commissioners <br />John Link, County Manager <br />From: Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Management Director <br />Subject: Information about three recycling contracts and two pieces of landfill equipment scheduled <br />for bid award <br />Date: August 24, 2000 <br />This memorandum presents information to the BOCC regarding three recycling contracts and two <br />equipment bids in order for the BOCC to ask questions, make comments and resolve any outstanding <br />issues prior to the September 5, 2000 regular meeting. All five of these items are currently scheduled to <br />appear on the BOCC consent agenda for the September 5 business meeting. <br />Recycling Contracts for Renewal: The three recycling contracts have been in place for varying lengths of <br />time. We propose to renew all three with the current service- providers. All three service providers have <br />been reliable, responsive to complaints, and have worked closely with staff to resolve problems and <br />improve program performance. Table 1 below summarizes key details of the three contracts. <br />Table 1 <br />Recycling Contracts for Which Renewal is Proposed in 2000 -01 <br />Type of <br />Contract <br />Name of <br />Vendor <br />Provided by <br />Vendor <br />Since <br />Est Value <br />for 2000 -01 <br />Tons <br />Recycled in <br />99 -00 <br />Scope <br />Comments <br />Urban Curbside <br />Waste <br />Since July <br />$614,500 <br />3,433 <br />14,400 <br />Weekly service. <br />Industries <br />1998 <br />homes & <br />$3.35 per house <br />adjoining <br />per month. <br />small bus. in <br />Participation rate <br />Carrboro, <br />est. at >85% <br />Chapel Hill <br />monthly <br />and <br />Hillsborough <br />incorporated <br />areas <br />Commercial <br />Brooks <br />Since <br />$60,000 <br />550 <br />13 <br />Waste collected <br />Food Waste <br />Contracting <br />October <br />Restaurants <br />2 -3 times /week, <br />1999 <br />and <br />made into <br />institutions <br />compost, sold <br />throughout <br />statewide, <br />Orange Co. <br />replaced local <br />hog feeder <br />