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the Lockport Legend | September 28, 2017 | 3
Lockport City Council
Officials discuss Waste Management contract extension
Brittany Kapa, Assistant Editor
The most well-discussed
agenda item at Lockport’s
Committee of the Whole
meeting Sept. 20 was the
Waste Management Contract
Extension.
Ahead of a scheduled October
2018 increase, the city
council has the opportunity
to renegotiate the current
contract with Waste Management
prior to Nov. 1. Officials
discussed, in length,
what this would mean for
Lockport residents.
“[Waste Management] is
willing to forgo that 3.5 percent
increase that is scheduled
for a contact renewal,”
City Administrator Ben
Benson said. “The new offer
instead of a 3.5 percent escalator
offer is at 2.95 [percent]
for a 5-year contract extension
and a 2.75 [percent] for
a 7-year contract.
“We’re certainly recommending
renegotiation to
lock in these rates and not
have an increase for 14
months.”
Optional additional services
such as can size, extra bin
costs and adding yard waste
disposal were discussed as
well.
During the discussion,
Jason VanderMeer, Third
Ward Alderman, expressed
concern about the rate
Waste Management was offering
as compared to other
competitors. He suggested
taking some time to consider
other companies, and
to find out if the proposed
rate increase per the Waste
Management contract was
comparable to theirs.
“When you get into the
cost structure there are just
a lot of things that are out of
our control such as disposal,
recycling, processing, is another
factor, yard waste disposal,”
said Michael Smith,
director of operations at
Waste Management. “We
try where we can – we have
made tremendous strides to
lower our costs – we’re using
compressed natural gas
trucks instead of diesel fuel
trucks which is why we have
agreed to eliminate the fuel
surcharge that was also in the
contract.”
After much discussion on
the matter, the council decided
to table the discussion to
allow for extra research into
the rates before deciding on
whether or not to extend the
contract and add the item to
Round it up
A recap of action from the Sept. 20 meeting of the Lockport City Council
• The City Council voted unanimously to approve the purchase of a Kubota Zero Turn
Mower from Martin Implement for $13,293.54.
• Council members voted to approve the Phase I Engineering Services proposal
for materials and time with a not-to-exceed contract limit of $252,361.62 for the IL
Route 7 roadway improvements project from Lincoln to Summit.
• The council voted unanimously to approved the Façade & Site Improvements Grant
Request by Susan Fiedler, owner of 600 E. 9th Street, in the amount of $10,000.
• The City Council unanimously approved a Letter of Credit Reduction Request from
Julian Electrical Service and Engineering, Inc. to a one year maintenance bond.
• The council unanimously approved a resolution reducing the Letter of Credit for
Building 6 in the Heritage Crossing Corporate Center to a one year maintenance bond.
the consent agenda.
Opioid overdose updates
Lockport Police Chief
Terry Lemming addressed
the Committee of the Whole
meeting, and all its attendants,
about an ongoing issue
affecting the community.
The Safe Passage program
was established at the beginning
of this year to allow
individuals who are seeking
treatment for heroin addition
to come into the police station
a receive help.
“We have an epidemic of
heroin overdoses not just
in Lockport but throughout
our nation,” Lemming said.
“It’s caused by the influx of
fentanyl laced heroin.”
Lemming went on the ex-
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