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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 24, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. -~- ---~ <br />SUBJECT: Renewal of Food and Organic Waste Collection and Composting Contract <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Food and Organic Waste <br />Collection and Composting Contract <br />Addendum <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gayle Wilson, 968-2885 <br />Pam Jones, 245-2650 <br />PURPOSE: To renew the contract that enables the County Solid Waste Management <br />Department to provide collection and composting services for separated food waste, organic <br />material and animal bedding to commercial and institutional establishments throughout Orange, <br />including UNC-Chapel Hill. <br />BACKGROUND: Judy D. Brooks Contractor, Inc. of Goldston, North Carolina is a provider of <br />food and organic waste collection and composting services. Brooks Contracting has provided <br />food and organic- waste collection and composting services to Orange County since 2001. <br />Brooks provides collection carts, collects food and other acceptable organic waste, and <br />composts it at its facility in Chatham County. <br />In June of 2005, the BOCC approved a contract with Brooks for the provision of food and <br />organic waste collection and composting services. This contract authorized athree-year initial <br />term, with atwo-year extension. This proposed addendum engages Brooks for the two-year <br />extension through June 2010 allowed for in the contract approved three years ago. For FY <br />2008-2009, the food waste and animal bedding programs are projected to divert as much as <br />2,550 tons of compostable material from disposal in the Orange County Municipal Solid Waste <br />Landfill. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The cost of this contract for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 is estimated at <br />$221,160 annually (Food Waste $185,360 and Animal Bedding $35,800). This amount is <br />included in the proposed Solid Waste Management Department FY2008-09 budget. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the renewal <br />contract with Brooks to collect and compost food waste and authorize the Chair to sign the <br />agreement, subject to final review by staff and the County Attorney. <br />