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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final February 19, 2019 Attachments: Staff Report Director of Utility Services Vincent Burke recapped the direction of the Board at the February 5, 2019 BCC meeting, and presented an outline for discussion. With regard to the Landfill Gas Agreement, Director Burke offered that staff was in the negotiations process to sell generated landfill gas (LFG) to the Indian River Eco District (IRED), and he noted his intent to present the LFG Agreement to the Board in March 2019. Director Burke then addressed the Yard Waste Processing, making mention that the current vegetative waste contractor, Mr. Mulch, is scheduled to renew their one (1) year renewal contract term on April 1, 2019, and that either party may terminate the agreement upon submission of a 90 -calendar -day notice to terminate. He informed the Board of the proposed changes to the request for proposal (RFP), currently being drafted to advertise for the operation of the yard waste facility on SWDD property, to include a seven (7) year base term with an optional extension of a three (3) year term that could be renewed for an additional seven (7) years plus another three (3) years, at the sole discretion of the SWDD Board and based on a third -party market analysis. Next, regarding Concrete Crushing and Site Work, Director Burke stated that an invitation to bid was currently being drafted. He explained that the concrete currently being stored at the landfill would be processed to be used on the SWDD property for road stability and the yard waste laydown area, and possibly for purposes to improve non -Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) dirt roads in the unincorporated area of the County. He made note that the scope of work would include strict requirements to mitigate the dust and odor involved. Director Burke stated the time -sensitivity involved due to the swampy condition of the current vegetation debris site, which needs stabilizing material to build up the area prior to the rainy season. Lastly, Director Burke addressed a concern related to tires being punctured by loose nails, a result of wooden pallets being accepted and mulched at the yard waste facility. He proposed to discontinue the acceptance of wooden pallets, effective March 1, 2019, and to require that the pallets be disposed of in the Class 1 landfill at the current tipping rate for Construction & Demolition Debris. Chairman Solari spoke to the importance of recycling wooden pallets and other packaging materials, although he was supportive of staffs short-term solution to no longer accept wooden pallets for mulching at the yard waste facility. Indian River County Florida Page 8