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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to the Solid Waste Services Franchise Agreement 6917 with Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal for an additional three years from September 29, 2025, through September 28, 2028.
FUNDING: Garbage Franchise Fees. (No Federal Funds)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On April 4, 1995, the County of El Dorado entered into an Agreement with Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal, now referred to as the “Franchise Agreement,” granting Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal (TTSD) the exclusive right and obligation to collect and dispose of municipal solid waste generated by residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the designated franchise area. This Agreement was amended on November 10, 2009, for another five (5) year period to terminate on December 31, 2014, with two options for two (2) year renewals. On May 8, 2012, the Board of Supervisors directed Environmental Management staff to engage in good faith negotiations with Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal (TTSD) and return to the Board with a new Franchise Agreement before December 31, 2014. On July 1, 2014, TTSD notified the County that they were exercising their contractually provisioned option to extend the Agreement two (2) additional years, which the Board approved on October 14, 2014. The Environmental Management Department and Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal had engaged in extensive negotiations for an entirely new contract following the Board’s direction on May 8, 2012, and they continued these negotiations toward a new, broader Agreement that included a rate-setting manual.
On October 27, 2015, Legistar file 15-0903, following extensive negotiations between the Environmental Management Department and Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal, the Environmental Management Department brought Resolution No. 161-2015, requesting the Board of Supervisors (Board) approve a new Solid Waste Services Agreement 6917 with ...
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