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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 163-2022, which approves and authorizes the Chair to sign the Sixth Amendment to the Solid Waste Services Franchise Agreement for Waste Connections of California, Inc., doing business as El Dorado Disposal Service, extending the deadline for completion of Franchisee’s new state-of-the-art transfer station/MRF until October 20, 2024, maintaining the expiration of the Agreement eight years from the execution date of the Fourth Amendment, and incorporating requirements as adopted by Ordinance 5164 for SB 1383.
FUNDING: The County franchise fees of 5% fund this Agreement, and this will remain unchanged.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On May 8, 2012, the Board considered whether the County should enter into the competitive bid process for the 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 (the Board previously approved a new agreement with South Tahoe Refuse on May 1, 2012, File ID 12-0494), or enter into negotiations with the current Franchisees: Waste Connections of California, Inc., dba El Dorado Disposal, Sierra Disposal, Amador Disposal, American River Disposal, and Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal. The purpose of the negotiations was to generate new Solid Waste Service Agreements (Franchise Agreements) that incorporate new standardized solid waste rate setting policies and procedures and the El Dorado County Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP). The Board provided direction to staff to engage in good faith negotiations with the existing Franchisees and return to the Board with proposed new Franchise Agreements for discussion and consideration (File ID12-0508).
On October 21, 2014, (File ID 14-1047) the Board approved an agreement between the Environmental Management Department...
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