HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Change Order to Boone County Landfill for Waste Disposal Operations RESOLUTION NO. 15-424
RESOLUTION APPROVING CHANGE ORDER TO BOONE COUNTY LANDFILL
FOR WASTE DISPOSAL OPERATIONS
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS,On February 28,2012,the Council awarded a contract for joint and cooperative
action for waste disposal operations by Boone County Landfill(BCL) and the City of Ames, Iowa;
and,
WHEREAS,the period from July 1,2014,through June 30,2015,is the third of ten twelve-
month extension periods; extension periods which are contingent upon approval of funding by the
City Council; and,
WHEREAS, mid-year estimates indicated the projected amount to be disposed would be
17,820 tons, bringing the estimated amount payable to BCL by year-end to $792,990; and,
WHEREAS,throughout the year,there have been a number of unexpected occurrences that
have caused the amount of rejects to be increased, resulting in more waste being deposited in the
Boone County Landfill; and,
WHEREAS, in addition to more unplanned outages at the Power Plant,a greater number of
boiler maintenance projects were accomplished in FY 2014/15, and the Resource Recovery Plant
also experienced an unplanned period of downtime due to a failure of shredder components; and,
WHEREAS,in addition,there have been more tons garbage processed at Resource Recovery
in this past fiscal year; and,
WHEREAS, all of these factors have resulted in the need to deposit more material at the
Boone County Landfill; and,
WHEREAS, the final year end amount that will be due to the BCL will be $893,602, thus
necessitating an increase in the authorized amount by$100,612.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the Change Order to the City's contract with the Boone County Landfill for Waste Disposal
Operations in the amount of$100,612 is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 14`'day of July, 2015.
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Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Nelson
Seconded by: Goodman
Voting aye: Betcher, Gartin, Goodman,Nelson, Orazem
Voting nay: None Absent: Corrieri
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 14"'day of July, 2015.