Broken Arrow Municipal Authority
Meeting of 10-18-2016
To: Chairman and Authority Members
From: General Services Department
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Consideration, discussion, and possible approval of and authorization to execute an agreement between the Broken Arrow Municipal Authority (BAMA) and the Covanta Tulsa Renewable Energy, LLC (Covanta) for the disposal of residential refuse and energy recovery at the Covanta Energy from Waste Plant
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Background:
On December 1, 2006, the Broken Arrow Municipal Authority (BAMA) entered into a contract with Waste Management for disposal of the City's residential solid waste. The Waste Management contract is set to expire November 30, 2016 and staff has been working to establish new agreements for waste disposal that are more environmentally friendly and that satisfies our waste disposal needs.
There are only three locations in this area where the City can dispose of the residential refuse it collects from our customers. The locations are:
* Waste Management Landfill located in Tulsa off 46th North
* Covanta Energy from Waste (EfW) Plant located in West Tulsa
* American Environmental Landfill located west of Sands Springs
Considering the locations of the three available disposal options, only two are close enough for us to consider, Waste Management Landfill and the Covanta Waste to Energy Plant.
In consideration of these locations the following factors were taken into account:
* Cost
* Distance to site
* Fuel costs
* Accident exposure in getting to the site
* Travel time to the site (distance and traffic)
* Tipping fees
* Tipping wait times
* Turnpike fees
* Citizen access for Free Dump Day services
* Are additional crews needed?
The tipping fees at Covanta are based on the agreement between Covanta and the Tulsa Authority for Recovery of Energy (TARE). In that agreement, the same pricing and terms are extended to area communities under separate agreements between Covanta and the community. In addition to substantiall...
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