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Resolution to Authorize Contract Amendment Number 5 with Recycle Ann Arbor for Municipal Resource Recovery Services and Appropriate $65,000.00 from the Solid Waste Fund Fund Balance for Collection Truck Leasing (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and consideration is a resolution to approve and authorize Amendment Number 5 to the contract with Recycle Ann Arbor (RAA). On December 15, 2003 City Council approved a ten-year contract with RAA for collection of recyclable materials throughout the City by approving Resolution R-517-12-03. On March 15, 2010 this contract was extended for an additional five years until June 30, 2018 as part of Amendment Number 2 which was approved by Resolution R-10-071.
Amendment Number 5 will set the termination date of the contract to June 30, 2019, with the City having an option to extend the contract for up to two additional five-year terms if it elects to do so. This termination date will align with the termination date of the City's Commercial Solid Waste Franchise Contract with Waste Management and allow for the potential of moving to a single consolidated contract for all collections within the City's solid waste program areas. The method(s) of service delivery for solid waste is being examined as part of the Solid Waste Resources Management Plan which was approved by City Council on April 16, 2018 by Resolution R-18-138.
In addition, this amendment includes provisions for leasing of collection vehicles by RAA as needed to perform maintenance and repairs to the City's' collection vehicles that are utilized by RAA through the current contract. The current contract calls for the City to provide ten trucks for use by RAA, with seven of those trucks for collection routes and the other three being reserves in case the route trucks need to be repaired. RAA has modified their operations such that all ten trucks are used for daily collections, thus there is a need to have additional trucks to allow for ...
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