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Environmental Management Department recommending Board consider the request of Waste Connections, Inc., doing business as El Dorado Disposal Services, to enter into negotiations with the County of El Dorado to extend the current Franchise Agreement for the collection and disposal of municipal solid waste generated by residential, commercial and industrial customers, in a delineated franchise area in the western portion of the County, and operate the material recovery facility near Placerville.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: There is no change in Net County Cost.
Background: Effective September 1993, the County entered into solid waste collection, processing and disposal agreements with El Dorado Disposal Services, Inc. and Western El Dorado Recovery Systems, Inc., both of which agreements had a term ending on December 31, 2012. In 1998, these agreements were assigned to USA Waste of California, Inc, with the consent of the County. Subsequently, a new Solid Waste Services Agreement was entered into with USA Waste of California, Inc. and the County. The new Solid Waste Service Agreement consolidated the two prior agreements (solid waste collection and the Material Recovery Facility (MRF), was executed on August 31, 2004 with the same expiration date of December 31, 2012. On June 6, 2006, the Franchise Agreement was assigned to Waste Connections, Inc., again with the same expiration date of December 31, 2012.
Waste Connections Inc., dba El Dorado Disposal Services, provides refuse collection services along the Highway 50 corridor from Pollock Pines to El Dorado Hills under a franchise agreement granted by the County of El Dorado. Municipal solid waste is hauled to the MRF where it is processed or sent to other facilities for processing or disposal. The MRF is currently owned and operated by Waste Connections, Inc.
Waste Connections Inc. is a regional, integrated solid waste services company that provides collection, recycling, tra...
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