HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amendment to agreement for Waste Disposal with Boone County Landfill RESOLUTION NO. 02-022
RESOLUTION APPROVING EXTENSION AMENDMENT
TO AGREEMENT FOR WASTE DISPOSAL
WITH BOONE COUNTY LANDFILL
FOR THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA
WHEREAS, the Resource Recovery System includes the Resource Recovery Plant (RRP)
and the closed sanitary landfill; and,
WHEREAS, the landfill was closed in 1992, and any waste that can not be processed into
refuse-derived fuel is currently disposed of at the Boone County Landfill; and,
WHEREAS, this work is done under a five-year contract that originated in 1992 and was
amended in 1997 to extend the time frame until June 30, 2002; and,
WHEREAS,staff has been working with Boone County to review the agreement and provide
for the extension for another five years; and,
WHEREAS,all items remain the same from the past agreement except for: 1)the mechanism
that Boone County uses to calculate the rate they charge the City has been included;and,a paragraph
has been added that provides for special waste authorizations and the potential for the Resource
Recovery System to use the Boone County Landfill for construction/demolition disposal.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the five-year extension to the Waste Disposal Agreement with Boone County is hereby
approved.
ADOPTED THIS 8" day of January, 2002.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco,Mayor
Introduced by: Wirth
Seconded by: Quirmbach
Voting aye: Goodhue, Hoffman, Quirmbach, Vegge, Wirth
Voting nay: None Absent: Cross
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 8"day of January, 2002.