SUBJECT:
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Request Approval of First Amendment: 22B-192-CA-01, Waste Tire Transport and Disposal - Friends Recycling, LLC., Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $54,000 as proposed in FY2024-25 budget)
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INITIATOR: |
DEPARTMENT: |
Susan Olsen, Director |
Procurement Services |
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
On September 7, 2022, the Board approved a contract with Friends Recycling, LLC, for the collection and disposal of waste tires at the Baseline Landfill. Friends Recycling, LLC, has performed the work in accordance with the agreement since it began and Marion County Solid Waste is proposing to renew the contract for the first of two (2) annual renewal options. The current contract charges Marion County $127 per ton to process light-duty tires with and without rims. Friends Recycling, LLC, requested an increase of $10 which would increase the processing rate to $137 per ton. If approved today, the current rate of $127 will end September 30, 2024 and the new rate of $137 will begin October 1, 2024.
Attached for review is a draft contract amendment. Pending approval at today’s meeting, a copy will be sent to Friends Recycling, LLC, for signature and upon return, will be routed for signatures by the County Attorney, Clerk, and Chair.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Neutral; estimated annual expenditure of $54,000. Annual costs will not exceed approved FY budget amounts without being brought back to the Board.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to approve request and allow staff to issue, and upon approval from Legal, authorize the Chair and Clerk to execute the contract amendment with Friends Recycling, LLC, under 22B-192.
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