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Home My WebLink About07/07/2020 (3) Indian River County Florida Indian River County Administration Complex 1801 27th Street, Building A Vero Beach, Florida, 32960-3388 www.ircgov.corn CD (eAllec .t.\ 4 ifir,-.. iiit,. .7‹k . k.... - . ttoRTOy' Solid Waste Disposal District Meeting Minutes - Final Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Commission Chambers Board of County Commissioners Chairman Susan Adams Vice Chairman Joseph E. Flescher Commissioner Tim Zorc Commissioner Peter D. O'Bryan Commissioner Bob Solari Jason E. Brown, County Administrator Dylan Reingold, County Attorney Jeffrey R. Smith, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Randi Wardlow, Deputy Clerk Board of Commissioners SWDD Meeting Minutes-Final July 7, 2020 B. Solid Waste Disposal District The Board of County Commissioners reconvened as the Board of Commissioners of the Solid Waste Disposal District. The minutes will be approved at an upcoming Solid Waste Disposal District meeting. A motion was made by Commissioner Solari, seconded by Commissioner Zorc, to approve the Solid Waste Disposal District meeting minutes of March 3, 2020, April 7, 2020,April 21, 2020, and May 5, 2020 as written. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Chairman Adams,Vice Chairman Flescher, Commissioner Zorc, Commissioner O'Bryan, and Commissioner Solari 15.B.1. 20-1624 Approval of Minutes Meeting March 03, 2020 Recommended Action: Approve Attachments: 03032020SWDD Draft Approved 15.B.2. 20-1658 Approval of Minutes Meeting April 07, 2020 Recommended Action: Approve Attachments: 04072020SWDD Draft Approved 15.B.3. 20-1706 Approval of Minutes Meeting April 21, 2020 Recommended Action: Approve Attachments: 04212020SWDD Draft Approved 15.B.4. 20-1711 Approval of Minutes Meeting May 05, 2020 Recommended Action: Approve Attachments: 05052020SWDD Draft Approved 15.B.5. 20-1683 CCNA-2018 Amendment No. 1 to Work Order No. 32 to Kimley-Horn for SWDD Household Hazardous Waste and Recycling Facility Design, Permitting Indian River County Florida Page 1 Board of Commissioners SWDD Meeting Minutes - Final July 7, 2020 and Bidding Services Recommended Action: Solid Waste Disposal District(SWDD) staff recommends that its Board approve the following: a)Approve CCNA-2018 Amendment No. 1 to Work Order No. 32 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. in the amount of $206,910,to provide engineering services related to the SWDD Household Hazardous Waste and Recycling Facility Design,Permitting and Bidding Services; and,b)Authorize the Chairman to execute the same,as presented Attachments: Staff Report Conceptual Design of a New Transfer Facility CCNA-2018 Amendment No 1 to Work Order No 32 Himanshu Mehta,Managing Director of the Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD),appeared before the Board to present the conceptual design for a new Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)and Recycling Facility. His presentation showed photos of the existing facility, and contrasted it with images of Brevard County's newly renovated HHW facility. Director Mehta continued with renderings of the proposed design, as well as cost and timing estimates. He sought the Board's approval of costs related to the next phase of development. Commissioner O'Bryan received information on maintenance costs for the planned HHW facility. A motion was made by Commissioner O'Bryan,seconded by Vice Chairman Flescher,to approve staffs recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Chairman Adams,Vice Chairman Flescher, Commissioner Zorc, Commissioner O'Bryan, and Commissioner Solari 15.B.6. 20-1694 Solid Waste Disposal Rate Survey Recommended Action: Solid Waste Disposal District staff recommends that the Board direct staff to bring back a proposal for a full solid waste rate analysis Attachments: Staff Report Solid Waste Rate Survey from Kessler Consulting Inc Himanshu Mehta, Managing Director of the Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD),presented the results of Kessler Consulting, Inc.'s (KCI) Solid Waste Disposal Rate survey. He explained that SWDD received revenue from tipping fees and special assessment fees,and that the rate structure for those fees had not been updated since being established in 1995. Director Mehta continued his presentation using PowerPoint slides to illustrate the key observations from the KCI survey,which compared tipping fees across similarly-sized counties. He noted that the special assessment fees would be reviewed at a later date. Based on their findings,KCI recommended increases Indian River County Florida Page 2 Board of Commissioners SWDD Meeting Minutes -Final July 7, 2020 to the fees for yard waste materials and out-of-county customers.Director Mehta suggested postponing changes to the tipping fees until a full rate evaluation, including special assessment fees, was done. He then requested that the Board direct staff to return with a proposal for a full solid waste rate analysis. The Commissioners entered into discussion,voicing their concerns on topics including the County's concrete crushing service, concerns over yard waste dumping and its possible environmental effect, and discussion of a volume-based rate structure to differentiate between homeowners and commercial users. A motion was made by Commissioner O'Bryan, seconded by Commissioner Solari,to approve staff's recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Chairman Adams, Vice Chairman Flescher, Commissioner Zorc, Commissioner O'Bryan, and Commissioner Solari Indian River County Florida Page 3 Board of Commissioners SWDD Meeting Minutes—Final July 7,2020 ATTEST: ..o , f."-1 ...r 4i, . ,i,", :,,,: i , . • ..,,,,, • • • •' '` r Jeffrey .:., i / 7,.... Ah. : : ` . Smith, / PA, CGFO, CGMA .dams, Chairman •-•.** iiORT0P'� Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller ;, : . 1 , 4 �► 1 , E'iILI2JApproved: September 15, 2020 Deputy Clerk SWDD/RW/2020 Minutes Indian River County Florida Page 4