AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Materials Management
ACM: Bryan Langley
AGENDA DATE: February 21, 2017
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute 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). The Public Utilities Board recommends approval (5-0).
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FILE INFORMATION
The City of Denton Solid Waste and Recycling Department began mining an old landfill cell during the spring of 2016. The purchase of the sorting station, trommel, mobile slow-speed shredder and a mobile horizontal high speed grinder will enable staff to process commodities that will be recovered during the approved mining operations, along with building materials recovery (BMR) processing operations to meet State and local recycling and waste diversion goals. 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. This operation will be conducted in phases with additional equipment scheduled for acquisition in the next five (5) years. An equipment schedule showing the breakdown of equipment is included as Exhibit 1.
The trommel will be used to separate the dirt from the municipal solid waste that will be excavated during the 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 placed directly below the equipment. In 2016, staff received a $200,000 grant from North Central Texas Cou...
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