Fiscal Note
In the adopted 2016 operating budget, Streets division’s recycling program has available budget of $120,000 for the ongoing costs of the electronics recycling services pertaining to the contract in the proposed resolution. These services have been provided on an ongoing basis and sufficient budget authority is planned for the estimated cost. The cost of the service is based on a cost-per-pound basis.
The proposed resolution approves the three year contract for the electronics recycling service of the City’s Streets division at an estimated annual cost of $100,000. This agreement would extend from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2019.
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Title
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to contract with Universal Recycling Technologies to process electronic waste from the Streets Division electronics recycling program.
Body
WHEREAS, the Streets Division collects, on average, 149.61 tons of electronic waste per year, and most of which require specialized processes to ensure proper recycling, such as separating lead from glass to recycle cathode ray televisions and secure data destruction to recycle computers, among other processes, and,
WHEREAS, the Streets Division has contracted with Universal Recycling Technologies (URT) for the last four years, during which time URT has been cooperative and flexible in meeting the Streets Division’s needs, and has operated in compliance with all laws governing electronics recycling, and,
WHEREAS, Universal Recycling Technologies submitted the most favorable proposal to perform the needed services for the Streets Division to continue offering an electronics recycling program to the taxpayers of Madison,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to contract with Universal Recycling Technologies for the processing of electronics waste from the Street Division’s electronics collection program.