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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: L. Eric Schoeny, P.E., Drainage and Underground Coordinator, Interim Superintendent of Water and Sewer Maintenance
DATE: November 3, 2015
SUBJECT:
Resolution Increasing purchase order number 279074 with Rochelle Waste Disposal from $25,000.00 to $40,000.00.
PURPOSE:
The purpose for this resolution is to increase Purchase Order 279074 with Rochelle Waste and Disposal from $25,000.00 to $40,000.00. The Water and Sewer Division utilizes Rochelle Waste and Disposal to dump excavated soil that does not meet the state of Illinois requirements for Clean Construction Demolition Debris. The excavated soil is generated while repairing existing underground improvements such as water and sewer lines
BACKGROUND:
35 Ill. Adm. Code 1100 require soils excavated from sites with a history of activity that may have resulted in soil contamination, be tested prior to disposal. The soils that do not meet the requirements for disposal at a Clean Construction Demolition Debris (CCDD) landfill, must be disposed of at a site permitted to accept such contaminated material. On September 19, 2014 the Director of Purchasing entered into an agreement with Rochelle Waste Disposal that established per ton prices for the disposal of non-hazardous contaminated soils that cannot be disposed of at a CCDD facility. The agreement is valid through September 2nd 2016.
At the time of entering into the aforementioned agreement with Rochelle Waste and Disposal, the above testing and disposal requirements were relatively new to the City's Water and Sewer Operations. Due to the lack of historic data on quantities of non-CCDD conforming soils, the Water and Sewer Maintenance Division could not estimate the quantity of contaminated soils that might be encountered on an annual basis. Consequently, a purchase order in the amount not to exceed $25,000.00 was established to pay dump fees for contaminated soils. Between January 1st, 2015 and October 9...
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