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Community Development Agency, Environmental Management Division, recommending the Board consider the request from American River Disposal Service to consolidate the American River Disposal Service Franchise Agreement and the existing South Tahoe Refuse Franchise Agreement into a single franchise agreement.
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Background
On April 6, 2010 the Board of Supervisors (Board) directed staff to negotiate an extension to the South Tahoe Refuse (STR) Franchise Agreement incorporating a new, yet to be developed, rate setting methodology (Legistar item 10-0287). On May 24, 2011, the Environmental Management Department (EMD) provided an update on the proposed new Agreement negotiations, and recommended the Board provide direction regarding the incorporation of the new draft Solid Waste Rate Setting Policies and Procedures Manual (Rate Manual). The goal was to incorporate the updated Manual into the new Agreement. The Board approved the item (Legistar item 11-0544). On May 1, 2012, the Board approved the new Solid Waste Services Agreement with STR that incorporated the Rate Manual (Legistar item 12-0494).
On May 8, 2012, the Board considered whether the County should enter into the competitive bid process for collection and disposal of municipal solid waste and recyclable materials generated by residential, commercial and industrial customers within all Franchise Areas in the County, with the exception of South Lake Tahoe, or enter into negotiations with the current Franchisees (El Dorado Disposal, Sierra Disposal, Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal, Amador Disposal, and American River Disposal Service). The Board provided direction to staff to engage in good faith negotiations for the purpose of entering into new Franchise Agreements with the existing Franchisees (Legistar item 12-0508).
South Tahoe Refuse Companies
The County has three (3) solid waste franchise agreements with South Tahoe Refuse companies: (1) American River Disposal Service (ARDS), (2) Sierra ...
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