Title
Resolution to Authorize a Contract Amendment with Recycle Ann Arbor for Single Stream Collection
Memorandum
The attached resolution approves and authorizes a contract amendment with Recycle Ann Arbor (RAA) for collecting single stream recyclable materials through the City’s curbside collection program. The current contract is a long-term (10-year) performance based contract that rewards RAA on the recycling tonnages that they collect, as well as paying them a per-service unit fee. The contract currently pays $19.30 to $102.58 per ton (depending on the annual tons), as well as $2.41 per service unit, with a total of 48,886 service units.
The proposed amendment modifies the provisions for compensation to RAA and extends the contract for five additional years. The amendment will pay a revised rate of $18.74 to $30.00 per ton, as well as $3.25 per cart, which will replace the per service unit fee. The number of carts in the city will be lower than the number of service units because most multi-family service units will share carts. It is estimated that the new program will start with 32,800 recycle carts.
The following resolutions were recommended for implementation of the new single stream recycling program and have been approved or submitted for considered by Council:
· Contract amendment with FCR for MRF upgrades (passed 11-5-09)
· Purchase of four automated recycling trucks (passed 12-21-09)
· Purchase of 33,000 Toter recycling carts (passed 12-21-09)
· Contract amendment with Recycle Ann Arbor (3-15-10 Agenda)
· Contract with RecycleBank (3-15-10 Agenda)
RAA has a long and successful history of providing a high quality recycling collection service to the City of Ann Arbor. What started as a volunteer organization in the 1970’s providing monthly curbside collection to a limited number of homes on the Old West Side has grown to a service that provides weekly collection to every home and many businesses within Ann Arbor.
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