Title
Refuse Hauling Contract
Waste Management Contract Renewal 2013-2023
History
On January 28, 2013, the village received two proposals for refuse hauling services, from Waste Management and Allied/Republic Services. A committee comprised of village staff, residents, and the Public Works & Engineering Committee Chair conducted a qualitative review of each proposal and referred Waste Management's proposal as most thorough and responsive to RFP requirements. In addition, a financial pricing review was conducted with Allied/Republic Services lower in pricing.
On April 15, 2013, the Board authorized staff to begin negotiating with Waste Management, Inc. of Houston, Texas, for a ten-year contract for refuse, yard waste, and recycling services. The Board requested the new contract include a two-cart program and weekly recycling. With the two-cart program, residents will be issued two carts: one for refuse and the other for recycling. These carts must be placed at the curbside by residents. The system allows for increased automation, consistency, and efficiency. Because there is greater efficiency in the process, routes would be realigned and there would need to be some pick-up day and time changes. Yard waste will still be collected in separate yard debris containers supplied by the residents during seasonal periods.
Currently, the village hosts a spring and fall clean-up event, which includes 30-yard dumpsters being placed at the village’s Public Works facility for residents to drop off trash. The new contract will incorporate an annual bulk trash clean-up week to replace the existing spring and fall clean-up events. The bulk trash clean-up week will allow each resident to place bulk quantities of trash on their parkway for pick up once per year on their normal service day.
The village’s RFP indicated that the Village is interested in working with a contractor that currently is in the process of utilizing alternative fuel trucks (e.g. Liquefied Natural ...
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