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Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an Amended and Restated Refuse Collection Contract with Central Texas Refuse, LLC.
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Central Texas Refuse (CTR) has collected and disposed of solid waste in the City of Round Rock for over 30 years. The Refuse Collection Contract has been amended several times since the execution of the original agreement, including the addition of recycling services and the addition of the Downtown Commercial District. In 2016, the City and CTR entered into the current Refuse Collection Contract for collection of solid waste for residential customers.
The City and CTR now desire to enter into a new contract setting forth terms and conditions for the collection, delivery and disposal of solid waste materials for residential customers, City facilities, the Downtown Commercial District, and all other commercial and industrial customers within the City.
Currently, the City utilizes an open-market system in which five companies have Franchise Agreements with the City for collection of solid waste material from commercial and industrial facilities. In July, the Council directed the City staff to begin negotiations with CTR for a single-source contract for collecting and disposing of solid waste for these facilities. This Amended and Restated Refuse Collection Contract will allow CTR to be the single vendor for all solid waste collection services in the City. The contract is initially for five years. Then after the first three years of the contract and at the end of each year thereafter, the term shall automatically renew such that the balance of the term remains for three years.