2015-11-10 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                            10 NOVEMBER 2015


Waste & Environmental Health
13                       TENDER DEVELOPMENT              FOR    NEW      WASTE      MANAGEMENT         CONTRACT
                         COMMENCING 2017
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Manager Waste and Environmental Health, Wayne Schafer
                                    Community Services Department

Index                               ECM/Subject/Waste Management/Contract – Resource Recovery

Attachments                         1.    Essential Decisions Required for Drafting the Waste Contract
                                          Tender


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report seeks to confirm by Council resolution the discussions held at the Councillors’ Waste
Workshop held on 28 September 2015.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Manager Waste and Environmental Health Branch to the
Infrastructure & Services Committee Meeting dated 10 November 2015 and:
A.                       Agree to extend Separable Portions A, B and C of the existing waste Management
                         Contract held by Cleanaway for a further period of one year to expire on 30 August 2017;
B.                       Resolve that the next Waste Management Contract be called for a period of 7 years with
                         options for Council to extend the contract for a further 3 x 1 year extensions at Council’s
                         discretion;
C.                       Agree to the preparation of the tender for the next Waste Management Contract to include
                         the servicing criteria and areas to be serviced as detailed in Attachment 1 to the Report,
                         with further consideration to be given to extending the Garden Waste service to Rural
                         Residential areas; and
D.                       Note that staff will commence drafting a Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan as required
                         under the Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 to incorporate the existing and
                         proposed future waste management initiatives for managing waste, recycling and waste
                         reduction.


REPORT
1.                       Background

The Waste Management Contract is the largest contract let by Council. It is a very significant
contract given its high public profile involving the provision of waste collection services to the
front property alignment to nearly every occupied property within the shire, on a weekly or more
frequent basis.

The contract involves significant risks in the management of the Eumundi Road landfill and
Resource Recovery Facility in accordance with best practice environmental standards. It also
seeks to maximize the recovery of reusable material and minimizing the quantity of waste sent to
landfill.




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