Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to execute Contract Modification No. 10 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. 10 will fund the following provisions and services to this contract. Modification No. 10 will be in effect from December 1, 2015 to and including November 30, 2016.
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:
Grant Kurtz Brothers Central Ohio, LLC the authority to continue a beneficial reuse program for wastewater treatment incinerator ash that is generated by the City's two wastewater treatment plants. Ash has been historically stored at the treatment plants in lagoons and land filled at considerable expense to DOSD. This program will allow for up to 0 tons of wastewater treatment incinerator ash a year to be removed and adapted for beneficial reuse under this provision, at a rate of $30.97 per ton, which is less than the current land filling cost to the City.
C. Fixed Rate Sewerage Sludge Processing Term:
Continue a fixed rate fee of $33.50 per wet ton of sewerage sludge processing for the duration of this contract (10 + 5 year extension). This contract autho...
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