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City staff describe consent items: landfill monitoring contract, vehicle preapproval and new cold planer
Summary
Staff explained three consent/administrative items: a one-year $45,000 Jacobs Engineering contract for quarterly landfill groundwater monitoring; preapproval to order nine solid-waste vehicles as build spots open (4 roll-off, 2 front-load, 2 rear-load); and purchase of a replacement cold planer (grinder) to replace a 2010 unit.
Staff presented several operational and procurement items on the consent agenda with questions from commissioners.
Landfill groundwater monitoring: A staff member explained the city operates two closed landfills (north and south side) and must perform quarterly groundwater monitoring to comply with Washington requirements (RCW and WAC). The proposed one-year contract renewal with Jacobs Engineering is for $45,000 to analyze laboratory results, have an environmental engineer and hydrologist evaluate variability, and prepare reports stamped by a professional engineer for regulatory submission. Staff said most monitoring…
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