Title
Presentation of Terms for Solid Waste Collection, Processing, and Disposal Agreements
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Sustainability & Resiliency
* Fiscal Sustainability and Transparency
SUMMARY
Representatives of HF&H, the City's consultant, and City staff will present information about proposed agreements for solid waste, recycling, and compost collection, processing, and disposal.
This item is for information only, no action is required.
BACKGROUND
Efficient and dependable solid waste collection, processing, and disposal is a core function of government and is necessary for public and environmental health. The City is responsible for solid waste, recyclables, and compost collection within approximately 60% of the City that is served by the City's sanitary sewer collection system. The Oro Loma Sanitary Sewer District oversees solid waste, recyclables, and compost collection for the balance of City residents and businesses.
Within the City's solid waste collection system, the City has an agreement with Alameda County Industries (ACI), for solid waste, recyclables, and compost collection, processing, and disposal that was initiated in February 2000 and will expire at the end of January 2025.
ACI has been a reliable partner and on June 5, 2023, the City Council approved the Fifteenth Letter Amendment to the Franchise providing for a two-step procurement process in which sole source negotiations were to be initiated with ACI, followed by a competitive procurement process if the sole source negotiations were not successful. It also provided the City Manager with the sole discretion to extend the term of the current Agreement during the process, to January 31, 2027, if needed. In September 2023 the City opened negotiations with ACI for a new solid waste, recyclables, and compost collection agreement for a 10 year term with options to extend. The City's negotiating team includes HF&H, a consultant with long experience in the Bay Area solid waste ind...
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