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Regular City Council Meeting May 23, 2005 Page 8 At 7:20 p.m., during the discussion of this item, Councilwoman Fisher left the meet meeting. Councilwoman Fisher returned to the meeting at 7:23 p.m., during discussion of this item. Tony Williams stated that the City opened publicly six bids from various vendors in the solid waste collection and disposal business. The vendors presented the City of Paris five different options in which to handle solid waste collection and disposal. Tony has been negotiating with two companies, AESI, low bidder in the over-all bid to do industrial, commercial and residential. We have also been negotiating with Waste Management to primarily do a residential only proposal. Waste Management submitted a proposal for residential twice a week, 10 bags maximum at a pick-up rate of $9.41 per month. Tony negotiated that down to $8.50 per month for twice a week, curb-side, bag pick-up. On the second day of that weekly pick-up, they would also do a bulky pick-up or a large item pick-up for that same price. If you want a large amount of bulky items picked up, you would call the City and someone would go out from Waste Management and estimate prior to you agreeing to pay and give you a price for the bulk pick-up. Waste Management would pay to the City $159,000.00 for the vehicles that we listed. The proposed Agreement would be a ten year term. The only increases they could charge, and would be automatic would be an annual CPI. Anything above that would have to be approved by the City Council. Tony recommended a contract with Waste Management to do residential only of collection and disposal, subject to bringing back a contract for review by Council at the next meeting. Tony recommended doing the commercial and industrial under the current arrangement. Lynn Lantrip of Waste Management spoke about the company’s plans. Mr. Lantrip stated they need the employees currently with the City of Paris, who collect and dispose of solid waste. Those employees will go through the company’s normal screening process. Mr. Lantrip estimated they will need between eight and ten people. The employees will have good benefits, some exceed those of the City. Mr. Lantrip said if this is done right, the folks will actually not realize anything happened. The trucks will look the same, the same guy will be driving the truck and it is the same route on the same date. Tony Williams stated if we do this, the City should be the contact point for the customer should there be a complaint. Subsequently, we would pass this on to the contractor and follow-up on it.