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14.B.2. APPROVAL OF BID AWARD FOR IRC BID #2007071, 40 CUBIC YARD ROLL <br />OFF CONTAINERS/UTILITIES DEPARTMENT/SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL <br />DISTRICT <br />ON MOTION by Vice Chair Bowden, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Flescher, the Board, by a 4-0 vote <br />(Commissioner Davis absent), unanimously approved the <br />bid award to Wastequip Manufacturing Co. d/b/a/ <br />Florida Can as the lowest most responsive and <br />responsible bidder meeting the specifications as set forth <br />in the Invitation to Bid, as recommended in the <br />memorandum of July 9, 2007. <br />14.B.3. PROPOSAL TO ACHIEVE GAS EMISSION CREDITS OF LANDFILL GAS ON <br />THE CHICAGO CLIMATE EXCHANGE <br />Utilities Director Erik Olson recapped his memorandum of July 16, 2007 to <br />discuss the methane gas collection system that the County had implemented for safety and odor <br />control. Since it had not been a regulatory requirement to burn it off, the County had received <br />credits for flaring the gas. These credits may currently be marketed on the Chicago Climate <br />Exchange, and would save the County approximately $100,000.00 a year. Director Olson <br />requested Board approval to allow staff to work with a consultant to develop a marketing process <br />for the County to utilize its credits. <br />Chairman Wheeler asked for clarification on the process. Director Olson <br />explained that the Greenhouse Standard bestows a certain degree of credit for entities that remain <br />below a certain level of greenhouse gas emissions. Those credits are sold to others who have not <br />July 24, 2007 <br />S.W.D.D. <br />2 <br />