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Form #: B-52 <br /> 7/18/91 <br /> DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> DEPARTMENT: Environmental Management (DEM) DATE: December 18, 2012 <br /> STAFF CONTACT: Dora Beck, P.E. PHONE: 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 Department of Environmental Management (DEM) intends to issue a Request for Proposals to expand <br /> organic waste diversion and establish compost operations at the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill and the West <br /> Hawai'i Sanitary Landfill. The current contract extension for green waste operations expires on December <br /> 31, 2012. A new one-year green waste operations contract will begin January 1, 2013. The DEM intends to <br /> continue providing green waste drop-off sites at Recycling and Transfer Stations for the convenience of <br /> residents, including Kailua-Kona. Through research of the industry, we have determined that a multi-year <br /> contract is necessary to enable return on investment, and a ten (10) year contract will provide the best <br /> opportunity for cost-effective organics diversion and compost operations. Establishing an organics <br /> management program such as this supports this county's effort to divert waste from our landfills. <br /> SIGNED: 4/17,i j DATE: December 18, 2012 <br /> `mil Department Head <br />