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Form #: B -52 <br />7/18/91 <br />DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />DEPARTMENT <br />Environmental Management (DEM) DATE <br />January 13, 2011 <br />STAFF CONTACT <br />Frank DeMarco. PE <br />PHONE <br />961 -8083 <br />A. REQUEST: <br />Resolution authorizing the payment of funds of a later fiscal year and of a multi - fiscal year contract for <br />organic waste diversion and compost operations in West Hawai'i and East Hawai'i. <br />B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED): <br />The current contract extension for greenwaste operations expires on 6/30/11. The annual cost for this <br />contract is approximately $1,800,000. The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) intends to <br />issue a Request for Proposals to expand organic waste diversion and establish compost operations at the <br />South Hilo Sanitary Landfill and the West Hawaii Sanitary Landfill. The DEM intends to continue providing <br />green waste drop -off sites at Recycling and Transfer Stations for convenience of residents, including Kailua- <br />Kona. Through research of the industry, we have determined that a multi -year contract is necessary to <br />enable return on investment, and a ten (10) year contract will provide the best opportunity for cost - effective <br />organics diversion and compost operations. Establishing organics diversion sites and compost operations <br />are a necessary part of any plan toward banning organics from the landfill by 2012, as requested in Council <br />Resolution No. 826 -08. <br />SIGNED: 'R� DATE: January 13, 2011 <br />Department Head <br />