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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final July 2, 2024 <br />15.B.3. 24-0540 Approval of SWDD Meeting Minutes of May 21, 2024 <br />Recommended Action: Approve <br />Attachments: 05212024 SWDD Draft <br />Approved <br />15.B.4. 24-0526 Approval of FY 2025 Annual Adjustment Requests by Waste Management, <br />Atlas Organics, and Indian River Sustainability Center <br />Recommended Action: Solid Waste Disposal District staff recommends that the Board approve the <br />calculated Consumer Price Index of 2.47% be granted to Waste Management, <br />Inc. of Florida with a 3.44% CPI allowance and a $0.009 per gallon chemical <br />adjustment for Indian River Sustainability Center, LLC, and approve staff <br />recommendation to accept the simplified pricing structure as proposed by Atlas <br />Organics Indian River, LLC, authorize the County Administrator or his designee <br />to send a letter of approval. <br />Attachments: Staff Report <br />Rate adiustment Letter from Waste Management <br />Rate adjustment Letter from Atlas <br />Rate adiustment Letter from IRSC <br />Managing Director Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) Himanshu Mehta <br />informed the Board of the following rate adjustment recommendations. Waste <br />Management had requested a 2.47% Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase with <br />a 3.44% CPI allowance, Indian River Sustainability Center, LLC, requested a <br />$0.009 per gallon chemical adjustment, and recommended the Board accept the <br />simplified pricing structure as proposed by Atlas Organics Indian River, LLC. <br />Mr. Mehta introduced Vice President of Compost Operations at Atlas Organics <br />David Bahrenburg, who took opportunity to present the company's mission to the <br />Board. <br />Atlas Organics Controller Jarrett Bond used a PowerPoint presentation to explain <br />that the company took over the Indian River County composting facility on <br />January 1, 2020. They made infrastructure improvements and process around <br />90,000 tons of organic waste into compost, topsoil, soil blends, and mulches <br />annually. The facility also accepts a significant amount of packaged food waste, <br />expanding its impact. <br />A motion was made by Vice Chairman Flescher, seconded by Chairman <br />Adams, to approve staffs recommendation. The motion carried by the <br />Indian River County Florida Page 26 <br />