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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 20, 2011 Action Agenda Item No. ~f- - ~~ SUBJECT: Renewal of Urban Curbside Recycling Services A reement DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Proposed Urban Curbside Recyclable Materials Collection Services Agreement Addendum INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Wilson, 968-2788 PURPOSE: To continue the agreement with Waste Industries, LLC of Durham, North Carolina for the provision of Urban Curbside Recycling Collection Services effective April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. BACKGROUND: The Urban (or In-Town) Curbside Recycling Program provides weekly collection services to single-family homes within the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough. The Department of Solid Waste Management has provided contracted curbside recycling services since 1988. The contracts for rural and urban curbside have been awarded by competitive bidding process, and then renewed as needed, provided service was acceptable and funds were appropriated. In June 2001, the Rural and Urban Curbside Contracts were merged into a single Curbside Recycling Contract, and the contract was reissued to Waste Industries for two years with a two-year extension beyond that (through June 2005). On June 1, 2005 the County de-privatized Rural Curbside Recycling Collection services and began the provision of Rural Curbside Recycling Collection as aCounty-operated program. In October of 2005, after a competitive bidding process, the County awarded a contract to Waste Industries, LLC of Durham for the provision of urban curbside recycling services. This contract authorized a 42 month initial term, with a two year extension. In March of 2009 the County extended the initial term from April 1, 2009, through March 31, 2011. This proposed addendum engages Waste Industries fora 15 month extension through June 30, 2012 as allowed for in the agreement addendum approved two years ago. During the period of the agreement extension, staff will be evaluating the transition to single stream collection for both the urban and rural curbside programs, with the expectation of a 2012 competitive bid for urban single stream collection services at that time. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The cost per household shall not exceed $4.09 per Residence multiplied by a factor determined by comparing the annual measurement of the Bureau of labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for Garbage and Trash Collection for 2010 to the annual value of the same index for 2009. Once the 2010 CPI is published in mid-February 2011, the exact household price will be established. The total projected cost for the Urban Curbside Recycling Program agreement for FY 2011/12 will be approximately $946,000. These funds will be included in the Manager's Recommended FY 2011/12 Recycling Division operating budget in the Solid Waste Management enterprise fund.