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Board of Commissioners SWDD Meeting Minutes - Final December 1, 2020 <br />The Board of County Commissioners reconvened as the Board of Commissioners <br />of the Solid Waste Disposal District. The minutes will be approved at an <br />upcoming Solid Waste Disposal District meeting. <br />B. Solid Waste Disposal District <br />15.6.1. 20-2180 Waste Management Franchise Agreement Renewal Option <br />Recommended Action: Staff is requesting that the Board consider option 2: Direct staff to maintain <br />current services and authorize staff to notify Waste Management, Inc., of <br />Florida, of our intent to renew the Franchise Agreement for an additional three <br />(3) years from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. <br />Attachments: Staff Report <br />Vincent Burke, Director of Utility Services, Himanshu Mehta, Managing <br />Director of Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD), and Ron Jones, Assistant <br />Managing Director of SWDD, along with representatives from Republic <br />Services and Waste Management Inc. of Florida (Waste Management) were <br />present before the Board. Director Burke referred to staffs memorandum <br />dated November 18, 2020, to provide the history of SWDD's relationship with <br />Waste Management, and three (3) options for moving forward. He stated that <br />the current franchise agreement would expire on October 1, 2022, and they <br />were 10 months from the contractual requirement to notify Waste Management <br />of the intent to renew or not to renew the franchise agreement. Director Burke <br />wrapped -up his presentation with staffs recommendation of Option 2, to keep <br />things as they are and direct staff to inform Waste Management of the SWDD's <br />intent to renew the franchise agreement through September 30, 2025. <br />Deborah Perez, Government Affairs Manager, Waste Management, addressed <br />the Board to recommend the approval of Option 3, to explore mandatory <br />collection prior to 2025, then direct staff to inform Waste Management of the <br />SWDD's intent to not renew the franchise agreement. Vice Chairman O'Bryan <br />inquired with Ms. Perez as to whether Waste Management would honor the <br />current contract if the SWDD decided to move to mandatory collection, and <br />Ms. Perez responded that the corporate office would make the decision. <br />Joanne Stanley, Municipal Sales Manager, Republic Services, was in favor of <br />Option 3, making mention that Republic Services was interested in bidding on <br />mandatory collection services. In addition, she provided Vice Chairman <br />O'B.ryan with an explanation for the rates being charged to the residents of the <br />Town of Indian River Shores. <br />Joe Baird, representing Republic Services, also spoke in support of Option 3. <br />Indian River County Florida Page 1 <br />