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Bruce Valletti council reviews revised solid-waste contract with Waste Connections, seeks attorney review
Summary
At an Aug. 28 council workshop the city administrator presented proposed revisions to the contract with Waste Connections that shorten the term to three years and add staged penalties for service failures; council asked staff to send the draft to the city attorney and consider outreach to other vendors before final action.
At a city council workshop Aug. 28, City Administrator Kent Manton presented proposed renegotiations to the city’s solid-waste collection agreement with Waste Connections and asked the council for direction on next steps. Manton said the council previously instituted a 90‑day monitoring and evaluation period in April that has now ended. "In April, Council did institute a 90 day monitoring and evaluation period for our current vendor that has passed," Manton said.
The draft language aims to replace an automatic five‑year rollover provision with a three‑year term that must come back before council at the end of each term for renewal or nonrenewal. Manton said the shorter term would give the city more frequent opportunity to require performance fixes or to decline…
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