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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 14, 2001 <br /> Action Age da <br /> Item No, <br /> Fat <br /> SUBJECT: Amendment to Household Hazardous Waste Contract <br /> DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Copy of Amendment to Contract Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Management <br /> Director, 968-2885 <br /> Blair Pollock, 968-2788 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To amend the existing contract with Safety-Kleen (TS), Inc. to extend the provision <br /> of household hazardous waste collection services through November 30, 2001. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection program, established in <br /> 1994 as a cooperative program between local governments, currently collects hazardous waste <br /> from residents of Chatham, Durham, Orange and Wake counties. This contract was originally <br /> awarded to Laidlaw Environmental Services (TS), Inc. (now Safety-Kleen) by competitive bid in <br /> 1994, extended for 3 additional years in 1997, and extended again in 2000. The 2000 <br /> extension amendment expired on 6/30/01. <br /> The Department of Solid Waste Management plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for <br /> the HHW Program, and proposes that the current contract with Safety-Kleen be extended. <br /> through the end of November in order to provide sufficient time to finalize the review of the <br /> submitted proposals, select a vendor, and negotiate a contract. Further, the extension is <br /> requested through the end of November since Orange County's HHW program does not <br /> operate during the winter months and it would be an ideal time for a transition to a new contract. <br /> Based upon an interlocal agreement between Orange, Chatham, Durham and Wake counties, <br /> approved by the Board of Commissioners on June 5, 2001, residents from each of the <br /> participating counties may take their household hazardous waste to any of the four counties' <br /> HHW sites. These sites will be accessible to Orange County residents during the coming winter <br /> months, with at least one of the local HHW collection centers operating every month of the year. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: Full budget of$112,500 for the HHW Collection Program has been <br /> approved by the BOCC for services through June 2002. The projected cost of services to be <br />