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File #: DC-4088    Version:
Type: Consent Action Status: Passed
File created: 12/13/2024 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 1/21/2025 Final action: 1/21/2025
Enactment date: 1/21/2025 Resolution #: 25-051
Title: Authorization To Execute Contracts With Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C., And Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc., For Hazardous Waste Management
Sponsors: Environmental Resources
Attachments: 1. Veolia Contract

DEPARTMENT: Environmental Resources

FILE TYPE: Consent Action

 

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Authorization To Execute Contracts With Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C., And Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc., For Hazardous Waste Management

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RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 115A.96 requires counties to have a household hazardous waste program to help keep hazardous waste out of the solid waste stream; and

 

WHEREAS, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners wishes to provide a household hazardous waste program to further the goals of protecting public health and the environment; and

 

WHEREAS, Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C., and Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. are the State contract vendors for hazardous waste management; and

 

WHEREAS, the current Agreement for the Operation of a Household Hazardous Waste Program with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency indemnifies the County when the County uses State contracts for hazardous waste management; and

 

WHEREAS, Dakota County currently uses the State contract to manage hazardous waste collected at The Recycling Zone and one-day events; and

 

WHEREAS, the County's Attorney's Office and Risk Management determined that a County contract is needed for hazardous waste management; and

 

WHEREAS, the $800,000 annual contract cost is included in the household hazardous waste annual budget; and

 

WHEREAS, staff recommends execution of contracts with Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C., and Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc., for hazardous waste management.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Environmental Resources Director to execute a contract with Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C., for hazardous waste management for waste collected at The Recycling Zone and one-day collection events subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Environmental Resources Director to execute a contract with Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc., for hazardous waste management for waste collected at The Recycling Zone and one--day collection events, subject to approval by the County Attorney's Office as to form; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the terms of the contracts will start March 1, 2025, and will

incorporate the same terms and conditions of the State contracts; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Environmental Resources Department Director is authorized to execute annual renewals of the contracts for up to nine years in an amount consistent with the annual budget for the required services.

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