Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Fleet Services
CM/ ACM: Howard Martin
Date: January 23, 2017
SUBJECT
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Consider recommending approval of a contract for the acquisition of (1) trommel, (1) sorting station, (1) mobile horizontal high speed grinder and (1) mobile slow speed shredder for use in landfill mining operations by the City of Denton Solid Waste Department; and providing an effective date (File 6212-awarded to multiple vendors in the amount not to exceed $1,905,610).
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BACKGROUND
The City of Denton Solid Waste & Recycling Department will begin mining an old landfill cell during the spring of 2017. The purchase of the sorting station, trommel, mobile slow-speed shredder and a mobile high speed grinder will enable staff to process commodities that will be recovered during the upcoming landfill mining operation. This equipment will assist in the recovery of different commodities including, wood, cardboard, metal, plastics, various bulky items, mattresses, yard trimmings, commercial and demolition (C&D) materials and various materials recovered from the operations. These pieces of equipment will be utilized in both daily landfill mining and building materials recovery (BMR) materials processing operations.
The trommel will be used to separate the dirt from the municipal solid waste that is excavated during the upcoming landfill mining operation. Once the material is processed through the trommel it will be conveyed onto the sorting station where staff will separate the recyclables into different roll off containers located below. In 2016 staff received a $200,000 grant from North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), to provide partial funding to purchase a mobile slow-speed shredder and a mobile high speed grinder which will enable the Solid Waste & Recycling Department to achieve greater efficiencies and materials reduction in processing mattresses, various bulky items, yard trimmings and C&D materials. The trommel, sorting stat...
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