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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 11, 2022 Page 5 1 150.070, based on the finding that the proposed change has been incorporated into a prior 2 adopted amendment as Ordinance No. 2022.07. 4 Motion carried 5-0. 5 6 D. Resolution 22-073 — Authorizing Final Contract Negotiations with Aspen Waste 7 Services, Inc. for Solid Waste and Recycling Services. 9 City Manager Yunker reviewed the current organized collection contract for solid waste and 10 recycling ends April 1, 2023. Staff has engaged in discussion with the Council on desires for the 11 next solid waste and recycling contract. The following items were identified to be 12 included/revised from the previous RFP: 13 • Seek proposals from a single hauler to service the whole City. 14 • Curbside organics collection. 15 • Weekly recycling collection. 16 17 Also included in the RFP are: 18 • Inclusion of collection of waste and recycling for all City facilities. 19 • Inclusion of hauler -staffed Spring Clean -Up Event. 20 • Separation of refuse collection and disposal prices for increased transparency. 21 22 The City received two proposals for the next solid waste and recycling contract. Those proposals 23 were from Walters Recycling and Refuse and Aspen Waste Systems, Inc. A Proposal Review 24 Committee reviewed the proposals submitted and evaluated the following areas: 25 • Disruption of service. 26 • Experience and Capacity. 27 • Thoroughness and Responsiveness to RFP. 28 • References. 29 30 Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC. provided financial analysis and comparisons to the 31 Committee for both proposals. The Committee formulated follow-up questions for both haulers 32 prior to in -person interviews. These additional questions as well as the in -person interview 33 allowed the Committee to dive deeper into conversation with the haulers on items such as 34 customer service, organics and pricing. 35 36 The Committee's recommendation the City Council authorize final contract negotiations with 37 Aspen Waste Services Inc. for Solid Waste and Recycling Services. Mr. Yunker provided a 38 comparison of the two companies along with a cost comparison. The new contract will begin 39 April 1, 2023. 40 41 Councilmember Webster thanked Mr. Yunker for the overview. Does Aspen Waste have any 42 contracts as single hauler and Mr. Yunker stated they are part of other multi -hauler contracts. 43 This would be their first single hauler contract. 44