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Will County orders $740,000 compressor for RNG project; committee discusses installation funding and leasing options
Summary
County staff reported a purchase order for a fourth RNG compressor (about $740,000) with staged payments and estimated $1.1 million installation cost to request in next year’s budget; the committee also discussed whether leased telehandlers could be bought out to save costs.
Will County’s Landfill Committee on March 10 received an update on the county’s renewable natural gas (RNG) project and a briefing on related equipment procurement.
Dave Harky, director of the resource recovery and energy division, said the county issued a purchase order for a fourth compressor for the RNG facility and has ordered the unit from a vendor. Harky said the compressor purchase is approximately $740,000 and will be paid in four installments: an initial down payment of about $185,000, a roughly $221,000 payment when fabrication begins (due May 1), a $220,000 payment in July and a final payment of about $110,000 in November.
Harky said installation costs are estimated at about $1.1 million and that the county will include the installation request in the RNG budget for the next fiscal year. “We’ll be adding that request to the RNG budget request for this year,” Harky said, and the county plans to issue an RFQ to select a qualified contractor to perform installation work once delivery timing is known.
Committee members urged the larger board to include funding in the 2027 budget cycle to avoid delays. A member noted the purchase consumes much of the equipment and building budget for this fiscal year and flagged a remaining contingency of about $125,000 in equipment funds.
Separately, members discussed leased telehandlers that the current operations-and-maintenance contractor obtains from Sunbelt. Committee members asked staff to review the lease contracts for buyout options and whether eliminating a leasing middleman would reduce costs; staff said the leases are held by the O&M contractor (SCS Energy) rather than the county directly and agreed to attempt to obtain the lease terms for review.
Harky said the compressor’s delivery timing will influence when installation can begin; the hope is for a December start but staff cautioned the unit may not arrive until after that window. The committee did not take a formal procurement vote at the meeting but was briefed on staged payments and the expected installation budget request.
