AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND REPUBLIC SERVICES OF FLORIDA, L.P. D/B/A ALL SERVICE REFUSE DATED SEPTEMBER 10, 2019, TO PROVIDE FOR AMENDMENTS RELATED TO RECYCLING, INCLUDING A WAIVER TO PERMIT SOURCE SEPARATED RECYCLING TO BE COLLECTED AND TRANSPORTED WITH GARBAGE AND RUBBISH TO THE TRANSFER STATION AT THE WHEELABRATOR NORTH BROWARD RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY AND PROVIDING FOR A RATE ADJUSTMENT DUE TO CHANGES IN THE RECYCLING PROGRAM AS WELL AS A TEMPORARY RATE ADJUSTMENT DUE TO THE FORCE MAJEURE EVENT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. (SECOND READING)(PUBLIC HEARING)
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BACKGROUND:
This item was approved on First Reading at the August 26, 2021, City Commission Meeting.
The City entered into an exclusive franchise agreement for the collection of solid waste and recyclable materials with Republic Services of Florida, L.P. d/b/a All Service Refuse, on September 10, 2019 ("Agreement"), and the City is desirous of amending the Agreement to provide for amendments to certain provisions within the Agreement related to recycling based on recent changes to market conditions that make source separated recycling collection in the traditional sense impractical, as well as to provide for a temporary rate adjustment due to the Force Majeure event costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
DISCUSSION:
The amendment to the Agreement ("Amendment No. 1") provides a new plan for handling source separated recyclable materials by delivering them to the Wheelabrator North Broward Resource Recovery Facility in order to have them transferred to the South Broward Wheelabrator Resource Recovery Facility where they will be burned and provides a waiver to permit source separated recycling to be collected and transported by All Service with garbage or rubbish per Section 14.7 of the Agreement. Amendment No. 1 also provides for a rate increase due to changes in the recycling program as well as temporary r...
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