REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
September 25, 2014
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
BY: JERRY L. SCHUBER SR., Assistant Director
Department of Public Utilities, Solid Waste Management Division
SUBJECT
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Authorize the City Manager or designee to enter into a month to month successor agreement with the County of Fresno to deliver and dispose of municipal solid waste during the negotiations of a successor agreement to American Avenue Landfill
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager or designee to enter into an agreement with the County of Fresno to continue to deliver solid waste materials to Fresno County American Landfill on a month to month Agreement.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Department of Public Utilities and the City Manager's Office continue negotiations with the County of Fresno concerning the City/County American Avenue Landfill contract, which expired on June 30, 2014. As part of these discussions the parties have agreed to retain the current solid waste disposal agreement. This agreement will constitute a month to month assignment with the City requiring commercial and residential solid waste to be transported and disposed of in the American Avenue Landfill.
The overall cost of this agreement varies depending on material tonnage collected. Tipping fees during the course of these discussions will be locked in at the same rate which was in place at the end of the contract (currently $23.00 per ton). Funding is being provided by the City's Residential Solid Waste Operating Funds.
BACKGROUND
In 1992, the City of Fresno, having closed its own sanitary landfill, negotiated a contract with the County of Fresno to bring all municipal solid waste to the American Avenue Landfill for disposal. The agreement was reached in an effort to help the County identify a sustainable funding source so that bonds could be obtained and expansion of the lo...
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