AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Materials Management
ACM: Bryan Langley
AGENDA DATE: September 13, 2016
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Consider adoption of an ordinance accepting competitive proposals and awarding a contract for professional services including engineering, design, and customary construction services for the design-build of the proposed Denton Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Station Project; providing for the expenditure of funds therefore; providing an effective date (RFQ 6016-awarded to Zeit Energy LLC in the not-to-exceed amount of $2,682,445). The Public Utilities Board recommends approval (5-0).
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RFP INFORMATION
The City staff has researched the potential benefits of converting a portion of the Solid Waste and Recycling Department's collection fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG) fueled engines and presented the findings for this fueling option to the Public Utilities Board and the City Council in October, 2012 and November, 2012, respectively. The City Council approved the transition to CNG fuel for the refuse collection fleet based on its reduced emissions and cost savings. Compared to diesel engines, the CNG engines have shown a pollutant reduction in Nitrous Oxides (NOx), Sulfur Oxides (SOx), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and other Greenhouse Gases (GHG). The fuel cost savings reflected in our FY2017 budget will be approximately$155,000. The Public Utilities Board and the City Council both have approved the purchase of CNG fueled refuse trucks in FY2013, FY2014, FY2015 and FY2016. The Department has been using a mobile fueling company to provide CNG fueling until a permanent CNG fueling system can be constructed. The Department is exploring options to provide a portion of the natural gas fuel for our CNG trucks from the methane gas generated from the City's municipal solid waste landfill-provided the option is legally viable
The City of Denton issued Request for Qualifications #6016 to obtain proposals from qualified firms to d...
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