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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 17, 2004 <br />SUBJECT: Purchase of Two Trucks for Rural Curbside Recycling Pro <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing/Solid Waste PUBLIC HEARING <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />ram <br />(Y/N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, 245-2652 <br />Gavle Wilson, 968-2885 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the purchase of two recycling trucks to be employed in Orange <br />County's rural curbside recycling program, based on a bid awarded by the Board of <br />Commissioners on May 18, 2004 to Carolina Environmental Systems of Kernersville, North <br />Carolina for a previous recycling truck purchase. <br />BACKGROUND: On January 1, 2003, Orange County's Solid Waste Management Department <br />began to perform recycling at many multi-family housing sites throughout the County and <br />discontinued contracting out for that service. In preparation for the assumption of that program <br />in-house, the County purchased two multi-family recycling trucks. One additional truck was <br />purchased in June 2004 to assist in the multi-family program. <br />As part of the 2004-05 budget process, the Board approved the Department's proposal to <br />discontinue contracting out the rural curbside recycling program as of April 2005. Funding for <br />the staff, equipment, and operating costs needed to implement that as an in-house program <br />was included in the FY 04-05 Solid Waste Enterprise Fund budget. The operations plan for <br />assumption of the rural curbside program includes the acquisition of two additional recycling <br />trucks with the same capabilities as provided by the multi-family program trucks. <br />The County has been notified by the previous truck vendor, Carolina Environmental Systems of <br />Kernersville, North Carolina, that the company will honor through September 1, 2004 the most <br />recent bid price of $143,589 per vehicle, as awarded by the Board on May 18, 2004. The <br />vehicle is a Crane Carrier LET2-26 cab and chassis and a Labrie Top Select 1000-42 body. <br />The items to be picked up by these trucks are: <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~- w <br />• Clear Glass <br />• Newspaper <br />