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Indian River County Administration Complex
1801 27th Street, Building A
Vero Beach, Florida, 32960-3388
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Solid Waste Disposal District
Meeting Minutes - Final
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Commission Chambers
Board of Commissioners
Chairman, Joseph E. Flescher, District 2
Vice Chairman, Peter D. O'Bryan, District 4
Commissioner Susan Adams, District 1
Commissioner Joseph H. Earman, District 3
Commissioner Laura Moss, District 5
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 June 15, 2021
15. SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS
The Board of County Commissioners reconvened as the Board of Commissioners
of the Solid Waste Disposal District. Those minutes will be approved at an
upcoming Solid Waste Disposal District meeting.
B. Solid Waste Disposal District
A motion was made by Vice Chairman O'Bryan, seconded by Commissioner
Earman, to approve the Solid Waste Disposal District Meeting Minutes of March
16, 2021, and April 13, 2021 as written. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 5- Chairman Flescher, Vice Chairman O'Bryan, Commissioner Adams,
Commissioner Earman, and Commissioner Moss
15.B.1. 21-0583 Approval of Minutes Meeting March 16, 2021
Recommended Action: Approve
Attachments: 03162021 SWDD Draft
Approved
15.B.2 21-0587 Approval of Minutes Meeting April 13, 2021
Recommended Action: Approve
Attachments: 04132021 SWDD Draft
Approved
15.B.3. 21-0607 Approval for Temporary Off -Site Disposal of Concentrated Leachate
Recommended Action: Staff recommends approval from the Solid Waste Disposal District Board to
waive the requirement for bids and authorize the Purchasing Department to
issue purchase orders to Rain for Rent and to Aqua Clean for a six-month
project to collect, transport and dispose of concentrated leachate.
Attachments: Staff Report
Quotation from Aqua Clean
Quotation from Rain for Rent
Director of Utility Services Vincent Burke appeared before the Board with
follow-up to direction provided at the May 18, 2021 BCC meeting to secure a
short-term solution to the leachate problem at the landfill. Director Burke
reviewed the plan to lease storage tanks for leachate removal and then use
tanker trucks to transport the material off-site for disposal. He provided the
costs for the plan, and requested the Board's approval to waive the requirement
for bids.
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A motion was made by Vice Chairman O'Bryan, seconded by Commissioner
Adams, to approve staffs recommendation. The motion carried by the following
vote:
Aye: 5- Chairman Flescher, Vice Chairman O'Bryan, Commissioner Adams,
Commissioner Earman, and Commissioner Moss
15.8.4. 21-0601 Change Order No.I to SCS Field Services for Landfill Segment 3 Cell
Landfill Gas System Expansion Project (Bid #2021006)
Recommended Action: Staff recommends that its Board approve the following: a) Approve Change
Order No. 1 to Bid No. 2021006 to Sterns, Conrad, and Schmidt Consulting
Engineers, Inc. dba SCS Field Services, of Reston, Virginia, for the Segment 3
Cell I Landfill Gas
System Expansion project in the amount of $48,599 for a grand total of
$1,117,109.00; and, b) Authorize the Chairman to execute the same
Attachments: Staff Report
CDM Smith Recommendation and Change Order No 1
Director of Utility Services Vincent Burke presented the change order from
SCS Field Services in relation to the County's landfill gas system expansion
project. Director Burke reminded the Board that the County had contracted
with the Indian River Eco District to provide a large quantity of landfill gas,
and staff was recommending additional items to optimize the capture of that
gas.
Vice Chairman O'Bryan received confirmation that the leachate stored in the
landfill's wells was hampering the production of landfill gas and that once the
leachate was removed, gas production would increase.
A motion was made by Commissioner Earman, seconded by Chairman Flescher,
to approve staffs recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye: 5 - Chairman Flescher, Vice Chairman O'Bryan, Commissioner Adams,
Commissioner Earman, and Commissioner Moss
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Board of Commissioners SWDD Meeting Minutes — Final June 15, 2021
Jeffrey R. Smith, CPA, CGFO, CGMA
Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller
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SWDD/RW/2021 Minutes
Approved:
tember 21, 2021
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