Title
Resolution to Approve Purchase of Compost Carts from Cascade Engineering ($740,250.00) and to Appropriate Funds from the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund ($740,250.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
City Council approval is requested to purchase up to 15,000 96 gallon carts from Cascade Engineering at a cost of $49.35 per cart, including delivery to individual households, and to appropriate funds from the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund for the purchase of the carts. These carts will be dark brown in color with “COMPOST” stamped on them. These carts are manufactured in Michigan and include 25% recycled content.
Cascade was the lowest bidder in response to Bid Number 3926, which had a due date of February 13, 2008. Cascade Engineering received Human Rights approval on February 13, 2008. Bid prices are shown below:
VENDOR PRICE PER CART
Cascade Engineering $49.35
Schaeffer $53.20
Bell Equipment (Toter) $55.98
The City will sell these carts directly to residents at a cost of $25.00 per cart, delivered to their home. This is equivalent to the cost of a durable 32 gallon can, and significantly less than the $89.00 retail cost of the 96 gallon cart (not delivered). Staff recommends that this be implemented in conjunction with the disallowance of resident-supplied compost cans.
Carts will be sold online through Cityworks, as well as through phone calls to the Customer Service Center. The one-time $25.00 charge will be placed on the resident’s utility bill. One cart per household would be available at this pricing with additional carts available at cost. The revenue from these sales will be returned to the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund. If the full 15,000 carts are purchased, the net cost to the Solid Waste Enterprise fund will be $365,250.00 assuming one cart per household. This number is based on surveys taken during the compost pilot which indicated that 56% of residents would be willing to pay for their compost cart.
If the carts were provided t...
Click here for full text