City of Columbus - File #: 0401-2004

• File #: 0401-2004
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/18/2004
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 3/15/2004
• Final action: 3/17/2004
• Title: 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 $2,643,448.80 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($2,643,448.80)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/17/2004	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
3/16/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
3/15/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
3/15/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
3/2/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
3/2/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
3/1/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/1/2004	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/1/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/1/2004	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/1/2004	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/1/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/27/2004	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/27/2004	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/27/2004	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/27/2004	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/18/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/18/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
The Public Service Department, Refuse Collection Division, has contracted with Rumpke Waste Collection & Recycling since September 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 1, 2001, for a five-year period contingent upon annual funding approval from Council. Rumpke was the sole bidder out of three vendors for yard waste collection when the most recent proposals were submitted to the Refuse Collection Division in August 2000. The Refuse Collection Division has modified and increased the Rumpke yard waste collection contract each of the last two years (2002 and 2003). This ordinance authorizes the Public Service Director to modify and increase the existing yard waste collection contract with Rumpke of for the period January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004 in the amount of $2,643,448.80.

The current yard waste collection charge is $0.61 per month per household and is in effect until February 29, 2004. Effective March 1, 2004, Rumpke will increase the rate charged to $.71 per month per household. This increase constitutes a 16 percent increase over the existing rate, but approximates to a yearly 4.1 percent over the last four years of the contract including 2004. This rate will be in effect until February 28, 2005. It is estimated that the increase in the per household charge will cost the Refuse Collection Division an additional $318,016 for yard waste collection in 2004. In addition, effective March 1, 2005 through February 28, 2006, Rumpke has requested an additional increase in the per household charge by another $.15 for a total of $.86 per month per household. The increase for 2005 through February 2006 is estimated to cost the Refuse Collection Division an additional $645,000 for yard waste collection. Even with these increases, the Public Service Department maintains that the yard waste collection ser...