Consent 1.A.1.
Regular City Council Meeting
- Meeting Date:
- 01/14/2019
- TITLE
- W.O. 17-12 -- Landfill Drop-Off Facility, Construction Contract
- PRESENTED BY:
- David Mumford
- Department:
- Public Works
Presentation:
No
PROBLEM/ISSUE STATEMENT
W.O. 17-12 Landfill Drop-off Facility includes construction of a drop-off building, maintenance building, scale plaza, C&D and HHW drop-off areas, a new diesel fueling station, a segment of new access road, and all associated site work and utilities.
The drop-off facility will allow both commercial and residential customers to stay away from active operations and unload garbage without having to access the working face of the landfill. Keeping customers out of the general landfill area will improve safety for both users and employees, and the new facility should minimize blowing litter while improving efficiency in operations.
The maintenance building will provide a larger space for staff to work on and repair Solid Waste equipment. The maintenance building will also have storage for equipment parts and fluids, locked tool storage, and locker rooms, a break room, and supervisor’s office for Landfill staff.
A new scale plaza will accommodate both inbound and outbound scales, and will be located to force all customers over the scales before dumping any waste and prior to exiting the Landfill. Three existing scales will be relocated and used in the new scale plaza.
The bidding for this contract was advertised from November 16 to December 14, 2018, in The Yellowstone County News and on the City's website. Bids were opened December 18, 2018, and are currently being reviewed to provide information for bond sales. State law requires that action be taken at the next council meeting after a bid opening so staff is asking council to delay award of the bid until the January 28, 2019 agenda.
The drop-off facility will allow both commercial and residential customers to stay away from active operations and unload garbage without having to access the working face of the landfill. Keeping customers out of the general landfill area will improve safety for both users and employees, and the new facility should minimize blowing litter while improving efficiency in operations.
The maintenance building will provide a larger space for staff to work on and repair Solid Waste equipment. The maintenance building will also have storage for equipment parts and fluids, locked tool storage, and locker rooms, a break room, and supervisor’s office for Landfill staff.
A new scale plaza will accommodate both inbound and outbound scales, and will be located to force all customers over the scales before dumping any waste and prior to exiting the Landfill. Three existing scales will be relocated and used in the new scale plaza.
The bidding for this contract was advertised from November 16 to December 14, 2018, in The Yellowstone County News and on the City's website. Bids were opened December 18, 2018, and are currently being reviewed to provide information for bond sales. State law requires that action be taken at the next council meeting after a bid opening so staff is asking council to delay award of the bid until the January 28, 2019 agenda.
ALTERNATIVES ANALYZED
City Council may:
- Delay action on these bids.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This project is being funded through the sale of bonds along with Solid Waste funds approved in the FY 2018 and FY 2019 budgets. Two bids were received and are currently being reviewed to provide information for bond sales.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council delay action on the bids received for W.O. 17-12 -- Landfill Drop-Off Facility until their next meeting on January 28, 2019.