Explanation
Background: The Public Service Department, Refuse Collection Division, has contracted since 1994 to provide weekly yard waste collection services to Columbus residents. The current contract for yard waste collection with Rumpke of Ohio, Incorporated commenced March 01, 2006 for a five-year period contingent upon annual funding approval from Council. This ordinance authorizes the Public Service Director to modify and increase the existing yard waste collection contract with Rumpke for the period February 1, 2007 through January 31, 2008 in the amount of $3,989,204.
The current yard waste collection charge is $1.44 per month per household and is in effect until February 01, 2007. Effective February 1, 2007, Rumpke will increase the rate charged to $1.48 per month per household. This increase constitutes a 2.4416% percent increase over the existing rate. This rate will be in effect until February 01, 2008. It is estimated that the increase in the per household charge and new home growth will cost the Refuse Collection Division an additional $148,283 for yard waste collection in 2007.
Rumpke's contract compliance number is 31-1617611, expiring April 18, 2008.
Fiscal Impact: The Refuse Collection Division has a total of $4,052,240 budgeted in the General Fund for yard waste collection in 2007. In 2006, $3,840,921 was expended for yard waste collection.
Emergency action is requested to establish funding for this contract in a timely manner to avoid service interruptions to residents. Consideration of this ordinance as a thirty-day measure is impractical given the timing of passage of the General Fund budget and the projected exhaustion of existing contract funding.
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To authorize the Public Service Director to modify and increase a contract for the Refuse Collection Division with Rumpke of Ohio, Incorporated, for yard waste collection services, to authorize the expenditure of $3,989,204 from the General Fund; and to de...
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