Label
DPS Recycling Processing
Solid Waste
Megan Robson (x2640)/Ryan Murphy (x2640)
Revised
Title
Authorizing the Mayor to amend and extend the City’s agreement with Browning-Ferris Industries of Ohio, Inc. to continue processing single-stream recycling materials; waiving the competitive bidding provisions of TMC 187; authorizing expenditures; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo has provided recycling services since 1986. The city has utilized Browning-Ferris Industries of Ohio, Inc. (a successor to ReCommunity Recycling) from December 2008 until present to process recyclable materials. Amending and extending the existing recycling contract allows the City to continue to process single-stream recyclables, support sustainable initiatives, and allow compliance with the Solid Waste Management Plan, as approved by Council. The agreement will continue to have deferred payment terms indexed to the prevailing annual market rate of recyclables and will run through December 31, 2026, as the materials recovery facility (MRF) for Lucas County should be completed by the end of 2026 and a new agreement established
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to amend and extend the agreement with Browning-Ferris Industries of Ohio, Inc. from December 31, 2024 through December 31, 2026 for the receipt and handling of single-stream recyclables collected curbside in the City of Toledo, upon such terms and conditions as approved by the Director of Public Service and the Director of Law.
SECTION 2. That this Council finds and determines it is in the best interest of the City to waive the competitive bidding process required by TMC Chapter 187 for the reason that Browning-Ferris Industries of Ohio, Inc. has been providing this service since 2008 and no other reasonable alternatives for recycling processing have been identified.
SECTION 3. That subject to annual appropriation the expenditures as required to meet the City’s obligations under the agreement authorized in Section 1 are authorized from the General Fund, Account Code 1001-24500-6232002STDSTD and/or from the Solid Waste Disposal Trust Fund Account Code 2090-24500-6T23201STDSTD.
SECTION 4. That the Director of Finance is authorized to draw warrant or warrants against the above referenced account codes in payment of the above authorized obligations upon presentation of proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the same is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for further reason that the Ordinance must be immediately effective in order for the City of Toledo’s recyclable materials to be processed.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 11, nays 0.
Passed: July 17, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: July 17, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor