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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 8, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~~ <br />SUBJECT: Renewal of Contract for Curbside Recycling <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Curbside Recycling Contract Addendum <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Director, <br />968-2885 <br />Pam Jones, Purchasing Director, ext. <br />2850 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the contract renewal with Waste Industries, Inc, for urban and rural <br />curbside recycling services, which will enable Orange County to continue to provide urban <br />curbside recycling services over the next fiscal year, and further allow the County to end the <br />contracting of rural curbside recycling services in anticipation of a transition to providing this <br />service as part of County operated recycling program. <br />BACKGROUND: The Urban (or In-Town) Curbside Recycling Program provides weekly <br />collection services to all single-family homes within the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and <br />Hillsborough. The Rural Curbside Recycling Program provides biweekly collection services to <br />select areas of Orange County, and currently services approximately 50% of residences in the <br />unincorporated part of the County. <br />The Department of Solid Waste Management has provided contracted curbside recycling <br />services since 1988. The contracts for rural and urban curbside have been awarded by <br />competitive bidding process, and then renewed as needed, provided service was acceptable <br />and funds were appropriated. In .)une of 2001, the Rural and Urban Curbside Contracts were <br />merged into a single Curbside Recycling Contract, and the contract was reissued to Waste <br />Industries for two years with a possible two-year extension beyond that (through June 2005). In <br />June 2003, the BOCC approved an agreement with Waste Industries that provided for service <br />during the fiscal year 2003-2004, and allowed for an additional one year extension. <br />This addendum engages Waste Industries to provide curbside recycling service far the 2004- <br />2005 fiscal year. It further allows the County to end contracted Rural Curbside recycling <br />services during the course of the fiscal year in anticipation of the transition to the Department of <br />Solid Waste Management providing these services with County vehicles and County staff. No <br />interruption in service is expected during this transition. <br />