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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final June 17, 2025 <br />The Board of County Commissioners reconvened as the Board of Commissioners of <br />the Solid Waste Disposal District. The minutes will be approved at an upcoming Solid <br />Waste Disposal District meeting. <br />A. Emergency Services District <br />B. Solid Waste Disposal District <br />16.13.1. 25-0607 Approval of the SWDD Meeting Minutes of April 08, 2025 <br />Recommended Action: Approve <br />Attachments: 04082025 SWDD draft <br />A motion was made by Vice Chairman Loar, seconded by Chairman Flescher, <br />to approve the Solid Waste Disposal District Meeting Minutes of April 8, 2025 <br />as written. The motion carried by the following vote: <br />Aye: 5 - Chairman Flescher, Vice Chairman Loar, Commissioner Adams, Commissioner <br />Earman, and Commissioner Moss <br />16.13.2. 25-0634 Request to Amend the Solid Waste and Recyclables Collection <br />Franchise Agreement between SWDD and Waste Management, Inc. of <br />Florida <br />Recommended Action: Staff recommends that the Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) Board <br />approve the implementation of an earlier cart swap program and to allow the <br />Contract Manager to grant yard waste cart delivery and service exemption to <br />Homeowner's Associations within unincorporated Indian River County with <br />direction to staff and the County Attorney's office to return at a future SWDD <br />Board meeting to ratify an amended Agreement for these approved changes. <br />Attachments: WM Letter <br />Director of Utility Services Sean Lieske began his presentation with a recap of the <br />County's decision to implement Universal garbage collection service with Waste <br />Management (WM) through a 10 -year contract starting October 1, 2025. This <br />included delivering new carts for recycling in June/July, yard waste carts in <br />August, and garbage carts in September. Residents raised concerns which led to <br />staff negotiating two amendments to the contract, presented for the Board's <br />approval. <br />Mr. Lieske detailed the modifications starting with allowing Home Owners <br />Associations (HOA) to opt -out of receiving yard waste carts for all of their units. <br />The decision could not be reversed for the length of the contract, and HOAs had <br />to inform WM by July 15, 2025. It was noted that opting out of yard waste <br />collection would not change the total cost of service. The second amendment <br />regarded the delivery of 65 -gallon recycling carts which were too large for some <br />Indian River County, Florida Page 13 <br />