City To Seek Bids For Curbside Recycling Program
Public Works Superintendent Dustin Dillon asks the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety on Friday for permission to advertise for bids for the city’s curbside recycling program. Photo by David Slone, Times-Union.
By David Slone
Times-Union
The city of Warsaw’s current curbside recycling program contract expires Dec. 31.
Friday, Oct. 6, Public Works Superintendent Dustin Dillon requested permission from the Board of Public Works and Safety to advertise for sealed bids for the program.
“We usually go for like a four-year contract, with an escalation involved in there,” he said. “So, just looking to update and advertise to get some bids for recycling. We’re currently just a little over $3 a can per month.”
Mayor Joe Thallemer asked him what was the total of that contract the last time. Dillon said the city was paying about $150,000 a year for recycling.
“We’re anticipating with some of the new housing developments and stuff going in that it’ll go up,” Dillon said. He estimated that the city will go from 3,200 cans to about 3,500 next year.
“I know the market for recyclables are pretty sporadic,” Thallemer said, adding that it’ll be interesting to see how the bids come in compared to four years ago.
The Board of Works unanimously approved Dillon’s request to advertise for bids.
In other business, the board approved:
- To reject the sole bid that was opened at the Aug. 18 meeting for the improvement of the alley from Miami Street to Union Street.
The work was broken into three separate alternate bids. G & G Hauling & Excavating offered a base bid of $108,778.07 for Union Street and $172,340.41 for the alley for a subtotal of $281,118.48. The third alternate bid, for Miami Street, was for $112,902.68. Combined, the total base bid and alternate was $394,021.16.
City engineer Aaron Ott said Friday that after consideration of the single bid received on the project, “We feel it’s in the best interest to reject this bid and reformulate a project to rebid out that might have a little bit of a scope reduction and more timeline on it.”
He said some bidders were apprehensive to offer a bid on the alley renovation project because of the timeline that was set on the project.
“We think we can get a more competitive price if we look at descoping a couple of the elements that were a little higher priced than we expected and give a longer timeline to complete the project,” he said.
Ott said the new version of the project hopefully will be put out for bid in a few weeks.
- A pay application for $30,440 from HRP Construction for work on the airport lift station, as requested by Community Economic and Development Director Jeremy Skinner. By the end of October, he said he expects the airport to be tied into the city’s sanitary sewer system.
- A pay application for $25,728 from Lynn Douglas Inc. for work on the Warsaw Chemical property groundwater cleanup.
- The closure of Buffalo Street from Market Street to the railroad tracks on Oct. 26 from 6 to 10:30 p.m., as requested by Glam Boutique for their fashion gala and SmithStrong Memorial.
- The annual maintenance contract renewal with American Elevator for $2,507.73 for the elevator in City Hall.
- A contract with Wessler Engineering for $11,100 for Park Avenue storm sewer improvements, as requested by Utility Superintendent Brian Davison.
- A contract with AECOM for $89,000 for a Timber Ridge and Deer Ridge stormwater study, as requested by Davison.
- A $295,957.15 pay application to G & G Hauling & Excavating Inc. for work on the CR 200S sewer expansion project, as requested by Davison.
- The owner/contractor agreement, including a notice to proceed, with Inliner Solutions LLC for the contract they were awarded by the Board of Works on Sept. 15 for sanitary sewer and storm sewer rehabilitation. The amount of the contract is $723,902.
The next Board of Works meeting was rescheduled from Friday, Oct. 20 to Thursday, Oct. 19 at 10:30 a.m.
