Finance Committee - 3/20/2019 Page 6
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Wet Weather Facility Screening Upgrade — Design and Bidding Phase
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO
WRIGHT PIERCE IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $178,000. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN
DEPARTMENT 169, WASTEWATER
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman O’Brien
Mr. Kooken are you going to field this one as well or — Mr. Bouchard, please come forward thank you. State
your name for the record. Thank you.
David Boucher, Superintendent of Wastewater
Dave Boucher, Wastewater Superintendent.
Alderman O’Brien
Ok any questions by any members on the Board? Thank you for coming up.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Casella Recycling, LLC Contract Change Order #1
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND APPROVE CHANGE ORDER #1
TO THE CONTRACT WITH CASELLA RECYCLING, LLC, IN THE AMOUNT OF $120,000. SOURCE OF
FUNDING IS DEPARTMENT 168, SOLID WASTE
ON THE QUESTION
Chairman O’Brien
Any questions from any of the members of the Committee? Ok can you just go over, because at the last
Aldermanic Meeting, the Board did discuss this and everything so just to reflect, I’m going to have you speak
mostly to the viewing public at home and explain the situation with the recyclables as it is right now please.
Jeff Lafleur, Superintendent of Solid Waste
Yes sir, thank you. Jeff Lafleur Superintendent Solid Waste. The Solid Waste Department, we budgeted
$400,000.00 to take care of our recycling, that is shipping it out and having it processed. We have expended
that or we will be expending that by the end of March. Market is in, China is not accepting any or very little
recycling from the United States right now so it is affecting our recycling rates. We are seeing higher rates
monthly per ton so that is how we expended the $400,000.00. We asked the Committee, actually we asked
the Board of Public Works, it was favorably recommended that we expend another $120,000.00 to carry us
through the rest of the Fiscal Year and then we budgeted the same for next year and we will see how it goes.
Chairman O’Brien
Ok very good.
