CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Option Year One to Contract 20-036, Street Sweeping Services, to Lakeshore Recycling Systems LLC for an amount not to exceed $187,125
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DEPARTMENT: Department of Public Works
SUBMITTED BY: Richard Dublinski, Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
The Department of Public Works (DPW) is responsible for providing street sweeping services to keep the city's streets clean and assist in eliminating potential pollutants from entering the storm sewer system. This contributes to the City's compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Program (NPDES).
The City has an in-house sweeper, but it is not adequate to provide citywide street sweeping services. Instead, it is primarily used for the downtown area and municipal parking lots, additional sweeping on residential streets to address isolated issues, special events, and emergency sweeping as needed. After much evaluation, staff found it is more cost effective to have an in-house unit for specialty work and use an outside vendor to provide regular scheduled street sweeping of all city roadways.
The City Council awarded Contract 20-036, Street Sweeping Services to Lakeshore Recycling Systems LLC on April 20, 2020 for a two-year term from May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2022 with four, one-year options to extend. Under this contract, all arterial and residential streets are cleaned twice a year. The work consists of satisfactory removal of all sand, stone, refuse, dirt and other materials which may be accumulated on the entire width of roadway areas.
DISCUSSION:
During the original term of the contract, LakeShore Recycling Systems completed the required twice annual sweepings. In addition, LakeShore Recycling performed emergency street sweeping following the brush and debris clean-up in the area most affected by the June 2021 tornado.
Based upon the vendor's performance,...
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