Agenda Item Name:
Title
Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station repairs Budget Amendment
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Presenter:
Gus Olmos, 352.548.1282
Description:
Budget Amendment to transfer $874,155.00 from existing capital budget category to operating budget category for the anticipated repair costs at Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station. The project includes repairing the tipping floor; fixing one hopper cladding; repairing the leachate collection and the drain systems.
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approve the Budget Amendment
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Prior Board Motions:
September 2017 - Approval of budget enhancement to fund repairs at the Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station
March 2020 - Approval the Solid Waste and Resource Recovery Department Five Year Business (2021 - 2025)
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
Approval of budget amendment moves $400,000 from 400.76.7640.534.63.00; $124,155 from 400.76.7606.534.63.99; and $350,000.00 from 400.76.7660.534.64.00 (total of $874,155.00) to 400.76.7630.534.46.00
In March 2020, the Board approved the Five Year Business plan for the Solid Waste and Resource Recovery Department. The Business plan included $400,000.00 for the relocation of the Solid Waste Administrative offices from the Public Works Facility in Hague to the Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station and $350,000.00 for the purchase and installation of a plastics optical sorter at the Materials Recovery Facility. Both projects were scheduled for Fiscal Year 2021 and will have to be delayed to a later date if this Budget Amendment request is approved. A planned increase in the covered area in the Materials Recovery Facility will also be delayed.
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Background:
The Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station became operational 1998. The Facility manages over 190,000 tons garbage per year from residential, commercial and industrial sources. The facility runs five days a week, 10 hours a day and half a day on Saturdays. The operations require continual management of the garbage with a front end loader. Due to scraping by the equipment and deterioration due to the chemicals in the solid waste, the thickness of the Transfer Station Floor is reduced over time and has to be built back up to maintain State permit requirements and the structural integrity of the facility.
Between 2001 - 2007 the County conducted several miscellaneous repairs at the Transfer Station including repairs at one of the cladding hoppers and resurfacing of the tipping floor with asphalt instead of the original concrete. In 2011, the County resurfaced approximately 70% of the floor using concrete and the remaining 30% was completed using asphalt in 2016. In 2017 it was determined that the floor was again in need of repairs.
The Department has completed the 100% design plans, bidding and construction contract documents and technical specifications and cost estimate for the project. The estimated cost for the project is $ 1,718,000.00. The Department currently has $816,988.00 in 400.76.7630.534.46.00 allocated for this project. The requested budget amendment is necessary to cover the projected expenses for this project.
In March 2020, the Board approved the Five Year Business plan for the Solid Waste and Resource Recovery Department. The Business plan included $400,000.00 for the relocation of the Solid Waste Administrative offices from the Public Works Facility in Hague to the Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station and $350,000.00 for the purchase and installation of a plastics optical sorter at the Materials Recovery Facility. Both projects were scheduled for Fiscal Year 2021 and will have to be delayed to a later date if this Budget Amendment request is approved. A planned increase in the covered area in the Materials Recovery Facility will also be delayed.