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Public Works committee tables $33,300 NewGen amendment for food-scrap program after members seek stronger community engagement language
Summary
City staff proposed a $33,300 amendment to a NewGen contract to prepare a bid and strategy for expanding Norwalk's food-scrap program; committee members and public commenters asked that the amendment include clearer community engagement, input from the sustainability director and task force, and more scope detail, and the committee tabled the item for revisions.
The committee considered a proposed first amendment to the July 20, 2023 agreement with NewGen Strategies and Solutions LLC to provide municipal solid waste disposal consulting services, specifically work to help the city bid and scale its food-scrap program. Vanessa Balderas and Tom Zabel explained that NewGen previously prepared the solid-waste master plan and that the firm is familiar with the…
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