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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 3, 2003 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Renewal of Food Waste Collection and Composting Contract DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management ATTACHMENT(S): Renewal Agreement List of Participating Restaurants PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Wilson, 968 -2885 Pam Jones, 245 -2650 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732 -8181 Chapel Hill 968 -4501 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane 336- 227 -2031 PURPOSE: To consider renewal of a contract that enables the County Solid Waste Management Department to provide separated food waste collection services to commercial establishments throughout Orange County. BACKGROUND: For the past four years, Brooks Contracting of Goldston, North Carolina has provided food waste collection and composting services to Orange Community Recycling. Brooks provides storage carts, collects food waste, and composts it at its facility in Chatham County. This contract represents a renewal of the existing agreement to collect from establishments willing to separate food waste. Included in this renewal are additional tonnage allowances that provide for the addition of two University of North Carolina collection sites. These sites are the Friday Center and Lenoir Hall Cafeteria. The cost of these two is estimated to be $25,000 per year. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The cost of this contract is estimated at $105,000 annually. It is projected that Brooks Contracting will collect up to 1,100 tons of food at $77.25 /ton. Any amount over that tonnage would cost an additional $56.65 per ton. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the service contract with Brooks to collect and compost food waste and authorize the Chair to sign the agreement, subject to final review by Staff and the County Attorney.