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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board provide direction as to 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 Franchise negotiations with the current Franchisees (El Dorado Disposal, Sierra Disposal, Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal, Amador Disposal, and American River Disposal). (Est. Time: 30 Min.)
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Background: To protect the health, safety and welfare of the County's constituency, the Board of Supervisors determined that it is in the public's best interest to establish exclusive Franchise Areas for the collection and disposal of residential, commercial, and industrial municipal solid waste generated within the County of El Dorado and passed Ordinance No. 4319 on February 8, 1994. There are a total of six (6) active Franchise Areas; two (2) Franchise Areas in the Lake Tahoe Basin which are serviced by South Tahoe Refuse Co., Inc.(STR) and Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal (TTSD); and four (4) Franchise Areas on the Western Slope of the County of El Dorado which are serviced by Amador Disposal Service (ADS), American River Disposal (ARD), El Dorado Disposal (EDD), and Sierra Disposal Service (SDS).
Currently four (4) of the six contracts are set to expire on December 31, 2014 (ARD, EDD, SDS, and TTSD). The Amador Disposal contract will expire on June 30, 2012. Under the Board's direction, Environmental Management is negotiating with Amador Disposal to amend the contract term by 30 months to align the expiration period with the other four (4) contracts (Legistar item 12-0244). A new contract has already been negotiated with STR per the Board's direction and will be considered by the Board on May 1, 2012 (Legistar item 12-0494).
The County has the option to pursue the competitiv...
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