DEPARTMENT: Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Contract Amendment With Waste Management Of Minnesota, Inc., For Resource Management Services At County Buildings, Parks Facilities, And Residential Organics Drop-Off Locations
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of a contract amendment for resource management services to collect and properly manage organics, recycling, and trash from County buildings, park facilities, and identified residential organics drop-off locations.
SUMMARY
Dakota County currently contracts with Waste Management for resource management services at County buildings, including service centers, libraries, detention facilities, transportation buildings, park facilities, and some residential organics drop-off locations (e.g., Thompson Park, Holland Lake).
The contract with Waste Management was executed in late 2019 for a 3-year period ending December 31, 2022. Due to several factors listed below, a contract amendment is necessary to account for increased costs over this contract period. Extending the contract by one additional month moves the transition of vendors away from the holidays. These are summarized as follows:
Extended the contract term from December 31, 2022, to January 31, 2023 $ 15,000
Dumpster overages, contamination fees, on-call services $ 20,000
Additional dumpster fees at Northern Service Center $ 18,000
Thompson County Park increased service level needs $ 2,700
Lake Byllesby Park increased service level needs $ 13,000
New Organics collection at Hastings Highway Shop drop site $ 6,100
Increased Organics collection at Holland Lake drop site $ 2,900
New service at SMART Center $ 6,000
Contingency for additional services and fees through January 31, 2023 $ 20,000
Total $103,700
The original contract with Waste Management was signed for $438,893 and was administratively amended in September 2021 in the amount of $43,889 fo...
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