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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final <br />July 11, 2023 <br />Recommended Action: Solid Waste Disposal District staff recommends that the Board approve the <br />calculated CPI of 3.84% be granted to Waste Management, Inc. of Florida and <br />Atlas Organics Indian River, LLC with a 4% allowance for Republic Services of <br />Florida, LP and Indian River Sustainability Center, LLC, and authorize the <br />County Administrator or his designee to send a letter of approval. Staff also <br />recommends approval of a reduction of credit by $165,132 to the Indian River <br />Sustainability Center, LLC <br />Attachments: Staff Report <br />Rate Adiustment Letters from Waste Management <br />Rate Adjustment Letter from Atlas <br />Rate Adiustment Letter from Republic <br />Rate Adiustment Letter from IRSC <br />Solid Waste Disposal District Managing Director Himanshu Mehta referred to his <br />memorandum dated June 27, 2023, regarding the Fiscal Year 2024 Consumer <br />Price Index (CPI) adjustment by Waste Management (WM), Atlas Organics <br />(Atlas), Republic Services (Republic), and Indian River Sustainability Center, <br />LLC (IRSC). Each agreement involved an annual adjustment process whereby <br />the vendors could request a CPI increase. However, the indexes could differ from <br />year to year and vary between contracts. Despite the requests the Solid Waste <br />Disposal District (SWDD) had received, all agreements had a maximum cap of <br />three percent (3%). Due to the current state of the economy, inflation factors had <br />been higher than usual, which had impacted each agreement individually. He <br />reviewed each agreement separately, pointing out their contract allowance, <br />requested increase, and the staff's proposal. <br />1) Waste Management, of which there were two agreements; the first was the <br />franchise agreement, which affected both residential and commercial rates in <br />unincorporated areas of the County. Additionally, it impacted the residential <br />recycling collection rate included in the annual SWDD budget. The second <br />agreement pertained to recycling collection at government buildings and facilities. <br />The CPI for both contracts was calculated at 3.84%, whereas WM had <br />requested a higher rate of 5.12%, exceeding the maximum of 3%. He stated that <br />staff recommended a 3.84% increase for both agreements. <br />2) Atlas Organics was the go -to provider for all the County yard waste needs. <br />They receive all yard waste materials at the landfill and expertly mulch them <br />before transporting the materials to the facility next door for composting. Their <br />CPI category was comparable to WM, with a calculated amount of 3.84%. <br />While their cap was set at 3%, staff recommended the 3.84% requested by Atlas. <br />Indian River County Florida Page 24 <br />