GREAT WESTERN RECLAMATION, INC. A-76-42

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REQUEST FORS .� COUNCIL ACTION , PREPARED BY John E. Stevens ATE OF COUNC L ACTIO «- - - LF ' DATE 6/27/78 PHONE 4931 / ._ . - f REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL 11 _s._ _ ___ '� SUBJECT �= CONTRACTerXra -Cr de /J ,g 7Y /P7 /f7 Chlon-esl a.,m.,,... _ 1 I 1 , AC APP It r 044.0.• � /> t. J DEPA RTMENYHEAD DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CITY MAtat CLERK OE THE COUN IL . (RECOMMENDED ACTION ,`ttae, It is recommended that the City Council approve a new Contract for Collection and Transporta- tion of Solid Waste Refuse Produced or Accumulated in the City of Santa Ana and authorize its execution. BACKGROUND The present refuse collection and disposal contract with Great Western Reclamation, Inc. terminates on November 30, 1978. For over eighteen months Staff has been working with Great Western in the process of negotiating a new contract. The results of these negotiations are now ready to be presented to the City Council for their review and approval in accordance with Council 's action of April 3 approving the "average rate" concept as a basis for new rates under ,a4 extended contract. ANALYSIS The new contract embodies many of the terms and conditions of the existing contract. However, several new sections have been added to address certain concerns that have been raised by the City Council , Staff, and the general public over the past several months. The following is a brief summation of the major points contained in the proposed contract: 1 1 . This contract maintains the exclusive right of Great Western to collect and remove all refuse originating within the City, except for the provision that owners may still dispose of their own individual refuse. Further, the Contractor shall not have the exclusive right to collect refuse in the event the City Council establishes a recycling program. In such case, the Contractor shall have first right of refusal to participate in the recycling program. 2. Should the Contractor fail to collect refuse in accordance with the contract, the City can use City employees or independent contractors to cause the necessary collection and/or disposal . This would include instances involving a strike of Contractor's employees. The Contractor shall be liable for all reasonable expenses incurred by the City in such collection and/or disposal . 3. In the event of minor breaches of contract wherein the contractor has failed to render performance in accordance with the requirements of this contract other than failure to collect refuse, the Director of Public Works may assess damages in the amount of one hundred dollars for each day on which such breach occurs. The Contractor has the right of appeal to the City Council regarding the decision of the Director of Public Works. 4. Although users shall still be responsible for the cleanliness of their containers, the Contractor shall provide a bin cleaning service which will be optional to the user of 11 the bin. This would involve an extra fee to the bin user. 5. A program for an annual city-wide bulky item pick-up has been established in the contract. Under such program, the Contractor willrovide a bulky p u ky item pick-up service free of charge to all residential service units. The City shall reimburse the Contrac- tor for one-half the actual costs incurred by the Contractor as the result of the special pick-up. The Contractor shall also provide bulky item pick-up service at other times to any residential unit for a fair and reasonable fee within ten days after receiving such request. Qclo_u IONe U et l‘ 1 2 f�b nd