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DPS Gas Collection & Control System - $46,189.73
Division of Solid Waste
Paul M. Rasmusson (x7868), Scott Lockhart (x2642)
(Revised)
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Authorizing the disappropriation of $46,189.73 from the Capital Improvement Fund Repaving Hoffman Road project; authorizing appropriation and expenditure of $46,189.73 from the Capital Improvement Fund for Gas Collection & Control System improvements; authorizing the Mayor to enter into contracts for said project; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Federal regulations and Hoffman Road Landfill’s Title V air permit require that a Gas Collection & Control System (GCCS) be installed and operating at the landfill. Certain components of the GCCS are reaching and in some cases, operating beyond their predicted useful life, presenting an increasing risk of failure. The GCCS continues to age and deteriorate, decreasing the overall effectiveness of landfill gas recovery. Regular replacement, repair and/or rehabilitation of GCCS components are essential to ensure continued regulatory compliance, to maintain GCCS effectiveness and mitigating the risk of undesirable landfill operational issues such as odors or landfill gas migration. Collecting landfill gas effectively and efficiently also increases the value of the GCCS as an asset in any energy recovery project. Expenditures are necessary to install new GCCS components and/or repair/rehabilitate the existing GCCS infrastructure to maintain and operate the GCCS in compliance with environmental regulations and improve collection efficiency.
Ordinance 249-14 authorized expenditures to install a system to collect rinse water runoff from the landfill’s car wash and for interim roadway maintenance measures at the landfill. The quoted prices to install said system were far in excess of available funding and, accordingly, a more cost effective solution was implemented. Similar interim roadway repairs have been accomplished using internal resources, effectively deferring capital expenditures. Accordingly, while there remains the continued need for roadway maintenance measures, these can be performed internally. Performing work via inter-division cooperation frees up the Capital Improvement expenditure authorized by Ordinance 249-14 for a more critical purpose.
This Ordinance requests authorization to expend $46,189.73 for improvements to the GCCS at the Hoffman Road Landfill. Funding for the project will come from the re-appropriation of remaining Repaving Hoffman Road Project Funds, which were originally authorized under Ordinance 249-14.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to accept bids and award contracts or agreements for goods and services to Hoffman Road Landfill upon such terms and conditions shall be approved by the Director of Public Service and the Director of Law.
SECTION 2. That the disappropriation of $46,189.73 is authorized from the Capital Improvement Fund, Account Code 5040-24500-8CP1314REPAVE (Repaving Hoffman Road).
SECTION 3. That the appropriation of $46,189.73 is authorized from the unappropriated balance of the Capital Improvement Program Fund to Account Code 5040-24500-8CP1802LFGCCS; and the expenditure of funds is authorized for improvements to the GCCS at the Hoffman Road Landfill.
SECTION 4. That the Director of Finance is authorized to draw her warrant or warrants against the Account Code in Section 3 in an amount not to exceed $46,189.73 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 be in force and effect 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 the further reason that the Ordinance must be immediately effective in order for the City of Toledo to ensure that the GCCS at the Hoffman Road Landfill continues to operate effectively and within regulatory requirements
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Passed: ________________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: ________________________ __________________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: _____________________ __________________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council _____________________.
Attest: ________________________
Clerk of Council