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DURHAM <br />1869 <br />CITY OF MEDICINE <br />CITY OF DURHAM <br />Department of Solid Waste Management 101 CITY HALL PLAZA 27701 <br />1833 Camden Avenue I Durham, NC 27704 <br />919.560.41861919.560.1197 <br />www.durhamnc.gov <br />To Whom It May Concern: <br />I have had a five year relationship vVith Kessler Consulting, Inc. (KCI). KCI recently completed <br />the Waste and Recyclables Characterization Study for the City of Durham, Solid Waste <br />Management Department. KCI is currently working with staff to initiate an Organics Pilot <br />Program based on results from the study. Their sincerity and dedication in providing us vVith a <br />great service has in turn provided us with ideas to increase our diversion rates. As our consultant <br />Kessler Consulting, Inc. has been very cooperative and vVilling to work with us to enhance our <br />programs. <br />Below is a list of the duties that KCI has performed for the City of Durham: <br />•KCI successfully assisted the City of Durham in negotiating a recycling processing <br />contract. Under the terms of this contract Durham is still receiving rebates while other <br />municipalities in our vicinity aren't getting rebates or are actually paying for recycling. .processmg serv1ces. <br />•Completed a Request for Proposal (RFP) for building a new transfer station at no cost to <br />the City of Durham. The contract also contained provisions for the operation of the <br />transfer station as well as the shipping and disposal of the refuse. The contract resulted in <br />a 17% re due ti on in the per-ton disposal fee. <br />•Kessler Consulting, Inc. staff members Mitch Kessler, Robin Mitchell and Shane <br />Barrett have been willing to assist vVith presentations, site visits and analyzing data. <br />•Kessler Consulting, Inc. is flexible and vVilling to explore ideas as we have expanded <br />acceptable materials and restructured our collection methods. <br />KCI has become our first option for consulting services as related to solid waste issues. I <br />wholeheartedly recommend them. <br />Sincerely, <br />S:-"'--.... ✓ <'1fi ,....} j._;c..-,.k'Y /iij -1.. // I v --1. <br />DonaldM. Long <br />Director of Solid Waste Management <br />City of Durham, NC <br />919-560-4186 ext 32222 <br />919-201-0258-Cell <br />donald.long@durharnnc.gov <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 1223AA0B-DDEC-4EBE-8FEA-427010558A5C