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Title: City of Norwalk


1
City of Norwalk
  • The Future of Solid Waste
  • Proposed Solid Waste Management Plan

2
Sequence of Events
  • Council approves consultants for competitive
    procurement November 2006
  • Briefed Council on status May 7, 2007
  • Issued RFP September 27, 2007
  • Received proposals November 30, 2007
  • Evaluated proposals December thru February
  • Selected Preferred Proposer February 21
  • Completed negotiations May 23, 2008
  • Presented to Public Works Committee June 3,
    2008
  • Plan presented to Council June 10, 2008

3
Proposing Teams
  • Wheelabrator Technologies and Enviro Express
    Bridgeport, CT (highest cost, many exceptions)
  • IESI and We-Care Transportation Seneca Meadows,
    NY (2nd highest cost, some exceptions)
  • City Carting Recycling, Inc. - Stamford, CT
    (lowest cost, no exceptions)

4
Preferred Proposer
  • City Carting Recycling, Inc. (Stamford, CT)

5
Schedule is Critical
6
Negotiating Goals
  • Save money/reduce unrecoverable costs
  • Improve safety, efficiency of transfer station(s)
  • Increase separation of recyclables
  • Increase revenues from recyclables
  • Improved service to residents
  • Accomplish within existing resources

7
Proposed Plan
  • Lease/operate Meadow Street Transfer Station (8
    bays) for commercial only
  • Operate Crescent Street Transfer Station (1 bay)
    as Recycling Center for resident drop-off only
  • Contract with City Carting for transfer station
    operation and transport/disposal
  • 10 year agreement, 10 year lease

8
Financial Implications
  • Estimated first year cost 1.01M
  • City Carting operates Crescent Street Recycling
    Center at no additional cost
  • Norwalk earns more revenue from recyclables
  • Estimated first year cost of next best option
    2.52 million

9
Meadow Street Transfer Station
  • Commercial operations only 6 day per week
    operation (MonSat)
  • MSW and CD
  • Current permit 500 tpd
  • Put-or-pay by City Carting
  • May incorporate baler
  • New scale-house software system
  • City Carting installs second scale
  • City Carting responsible for OM and capital
    repairs
  • No traffic queuing on Meadow Street

10
Crescent Street Transfer Station
  • City Carting operates at no added cost
  • 5 day per week operation (Tue Sat)
  • Residential drop-off only MSW recycling
  • Significantly expanded recycling
  • Electronics, batteries
  • Oil, Household hazardous wastes
  • Plastics 3-7, Other
  • City Carting responsible for OM repairs
  • City of Norwalk responsible for capital repairs

11
Meadow Street Traffic
  • Approved, permitted, active transfer station now
  • Site traffic management plan developed to
    eliminate backups on Meadow Street
  • Penalties to City Carting for queues on Meadow
    Street
  • Traffic study completed - lt 3 additional trucks
    per hour
  • City of Norwalk management of transfer station
    provides direct day-to-day control Meadow Street
    activity

12
Meadow Street Transfer Station
13
Environmental Issues
  • Crescent Street challenges
  • 4 monitoring wells, 2 oil/water separators
  • Storm drain issues leachate issues
  • Fuel tank
  • Meadow Street
  • No drainage issues or fuel tank
  • Self-contained operation no leachate issue
  • Environmental assessment in process City
    Carting will ensure any remediation
  • City of Norwalk not liable under agreement/lease
    for any site remediation or environmental issues
  • City of Norwalk will monitor environmental
    compliance

14
Other Key Terms of Proposed Plan
  • City of Norwalk sets tipping fees
  • No fuel or lease adjustments for 5 years
  • Any future disposal savings shared 50-50
  • City of Norwalk gets recycling credit for CD
    separation at Meadow Street TS
  • City Carting pays Participating Community Fee
  • City of Norwalk keeps revenues from Crescent
    Street (except metal)
  • City Carting keeps revenues from CD metal
    separation
  • City Carting provides all signage
  • Cleanliness of sites tantamount stringent
    controls in OM plan

15
Time of the Essence
  • Permit activities
  • Transfer, renew Meadow Street (4-6 months)
  • Transfer, modify Crescent Street (4-6 months)
  • Capital modifications at Meadow Street Transfer
    Station (new tipping floor, baler, additional
    scale)
  • Convert Crescent Street to Recycling Center
  • Select, install Meadow Street scale-house system

16
Next Best Option
  • Operate Crescent Street Transfer Station only for
    MSW
  • Contract with City Carting for day-to-day
    operation
  • Estimated first year cost 2.52 million

17
Implications of Next Best Option
  • Fail to save 1.5 million annually
  • Cannot implement Recycling Center
  • Lost opportunity to gain additional revenue from
    recycling
  • Traffic issues from construction of another
    transfer station and future closure of south half
    of Crescent Street
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