Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to execute Contract Modification No. 11 to the Organic Waste Processing Agreement between the City of Columbus (City), Kurtz Brothers Central Ohio, LLC (Kurtz) and the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO).
This Modification No. 11 will fund the following provisions and services to this contract. Modification No. 11 will be in effect from December 1, 2016 to and including November 30, 2017.
A. Trucked Waste Disposal Facility:
Grant Kurtz Brothers Central Ohio, LLC the authority to design their facility to include the process of accepting trucked waste in addition to the fats, oils and grease (FOG) that they will be accepting under the terms of the original agreement. In so much as Kurtz was constructing a similar facility to the one operated by the Division of Sewerage and Drainage (DOSD) in the vicinity of Berliner Park, both parties agreed that it would be in their best interests to share a facility to accommodate both efforts, thereby reducing costs and a duplication of services. This facility will be operated and maintained by Kurtz under the terms of this agreement.
B. Incinerator Ash Beneficial Reuse Program:
Kurtz had developed a beneficial reuse program incorporating the City’s incinerator ash generated from the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Facility and from the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Facility. The City had agreed through this contract to make incinerator ash from these two facilities available to Kurtz for an initial 10-year term beginning in 2009 and ending in 2018, plus a 5-year extension at Kurtz’s option. Both parties agree that, including the 5-year extension, there is a total of six years remaining on the incinerator ash portion of this contract between the parties (one year from the initial 10-year contract term and five years for Kurtz's optional extension).
In 2015, the City ceased incineration of sewage sludge, and incinerator ash is ...
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