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County schedules April tire collection, bid board includes telematics renewal, ambulance purchase and tire-haul contract
Summary
Sedgwick County’s Environmental Resources staff announced a tire collection event April 10–12 (residents only); the county’s bid board includes renewal of telematics camera services, purchase of a new ambulance and a contract for waste-tire transport and processing.
Sedgwick County staff told commissioners the county’s Environmental Resources department will host a residential tire collection event April 10–12 and that this year the program will not accept business drop-offs.
Staff also summarized three items on the county’s bid board: a renewal of a telematics equipment/service contract (a continued service that began in 2022), purchase of a new ambulance to add to the Sedgwick County EMS fleet, and a contract for waste-tire transportation and recycling to handle tires collected at county events.
Why it matters: the tire-collection event is a seasonal county service that provides residents a way to dispose of tires outside the landfill stream; the bid-board items require procurement authority and budget authority to continue services and expand emergency medical capacity.
Details: Environmental Resources staff said the county will not accept tires from businesses at the April event. The telematics cameras are a contract renewal rather than a replacement; the ambulance was described as an addition to the EMS fleet funded from equipment reserves or EMS equipment bond; the waste-tire contract will cover recycling and several processing options to keep tires out of landfills.
Ending: Staff said questions about bid-board items can be addressed in the formal bid-board hearing and that the tire event schedule will be published alongside other county recycling events.
