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Community Development Agency, Environmental Management Division, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to the Solid Waste Services Franchise Agreement with Amador Disposal Service, extending the term for one (1) year ending on December 31, 2015 and updating the grantor and grantee noticing names and addresses, with no increase to solid waste collection fees.
FUNDING: No Federal Funds.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost
No Fiscal Impact or change to Net County Cost. The County franchise fee rate of 5% will remain unchanged.
Background
On May 8, 2012, the Environmental Management Department, now a Division of the Community Development Agency (CDA/EMD), brought forth an agenda item requesting the Board of Supervisors (Board) consider whether the County of El Dorado (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, Legistar item 12-0494), or enter into negotiations with the current Franchisees: Waste Connections of California, Inc., dba Amador Disposal Service (ADS), El Dorado Disposal, Sierra Disposal, American River Disposal, and Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal. The purpose of the negotiations was to generate new Solid Waste Service Agreements (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 Agreements for discussion and consideration (Legistar item 12-0508).
In order to provide adequate time for the County and ADS to negotiate th...
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