TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Sammie L. Walthour, Neighborhood and Community Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: January 17, 2023
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MOTION TO APPROVE EXTENSION TO THE EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH AND WASTE MANAGEMENT INC. OF FLORIDA FOR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES.
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to approve extension to the Exclusive Franchise Agreement between the City of Delray Beach and Waste Management Inc. of Florida for Solid Waste And Recycling Collection Services and authorize the City Manager to exercise renewal options, in the amounts below, contingent upon appropriation of funds.
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Background:
On March 9, 2015, the City of Delray Beach (“City”) entered into an Agreement with Southern Waste Systems, LLC, for the Collection of Solid Waste and Recycling Materials (Agreement). Southern Waste Systems, LLC, assigned the Agreement to Waste Management Inc. of Florida (“Waste Management”) on December 14, 2015. The initial term of the Agreement commenced on March 9, 2015, and runs through September 30, 2022. Section 3.2 of the Agreement provided the City the right to renew the Agreement for an additional one-year period by providing written notice to Waste Management no later than April 1, 2022, unless Waste Management provided the City written notice it was not willing to renew the agreement on or before October 5, 2021.
On July 19, 2022, Amendment No. 5, was approved to allow the City to extend the Agreement through April 30, 2023 and provide the City with a one-time option to extend the Agreement for an additional five (5) months, through September 30, 2023, by providing Waste Management written notice no later than ninety (90) calendar days before the expiration of the extension period.
Staff is requesting to exercise the Final Extension Period of this Agreement pursuant to the terms outlined in Amendment No. 5. The rates applicable for the Final...
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