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ORD- 2014 -024 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 20, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -c <br />SUBJECT: Approval of Budget Amendment #8 -A Appropriating Unassigned Fund Balance <br />from the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund for Additional Landfill Closure Costs and <br />Purchase of 19,500 Urban Roll Carts <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gayle Wilson, (919) 968 -2885 <br />PURPOSE: To approve Budget Amendment #8 -A appropriating $1,456,555 in Unassigned <br />Fund Balance from the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund for the additional Landfill closure costs and <br />to purchase 19,500 roll carts related to the Urban Curbside Recycling program. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Landfill Closure - Based on the June 30, 2013 Municipal Solid Waste closure, the BOCC <br />approved proceeding with the funding of final closure of the Orange County Municipal Solid <br />Waste (MSW) Landfill as part of the Fiscal Year 2013 -14 budget process. <br />Development of landfill closure construction documents was started by the County's engineering <br />consultant, HDR Engineering, Inc., immediately following the October 2013 receipt of the North <br />Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR) permit modification approval. <br />In February 2014, the County advertised Bid Number 367 -293 for the construction project. <br />HDR Engineering reviewed the submitted bids for conformance with the bidding requirements, <br />and T &K Construction LLC of Vinemont, AL was determined to be the lowest responsive bidder <br />for this specialized construction project. The construction bid award of $3,432,142 was <br />approved by the Board of Commissioners at the April 15, 2014 meeting. The budgeted amount <br />approved in the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund for Fiscal Year 2013 -14 budget was $3,292,149. <br />A budget amendment of $443,304 is necessary to cover the additional costs related to the bid <br />award and to provide for an 8% construction project contingency, bringing the total construction <br />appropriation to the estimated project budget amount of $3,735,453. This amount is consistent <br />with the project budget currently stated in the Manager Recommended Fiscal Year 2014 -19 <br />Capital Investment Plan for Fiscal Year 2013 -14. <br />