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MEETING: COUNCIL
DATE: NOVEMBER 28 1988
REPORT #: ADMIN.20-88 FILE #:
SUBJECT:
SPRING CLEAN-UP 1988
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that Council approve the following:
1. That Administrator's report ADMIN. 20 - 88 be received;
2. That the firm of Browning Ferris Industries Limited be reimbursed
in the amount of $9,623.88 for the spring 1988 clean-up based
on the additional information provided;
3. That the funding be drawn from the Garbage Equipment Reserve
Fund Account #2900-11-X; and
4. That Mr. Wilf Goldlust on behalf of Browning -Ferris Industries
Limited be so advised.
REPORT:
In September correspondence was received from Browning Ferris Industries Limited
requesting that the company be reimbursed monies related to the 1988 spring
clean-up. At that time on the basis of the information provided, the Director of
Public Works recommended that Browning Ferris Industries Limited be reimbursed to
the extent of the difference in tipping fees from $18.07 per tonne to $50.00 per
tonne. Council approved this recommendation.
ADMIN.20 - 88 Page 2
Subsequent to Council 's decision regarding -the matter of spring clean-up for
1988 with -the contractor, Browning Ferris Industries Limited, Mr. W. Goldlust
on behalf of the company submitted a letter to the Town (refer to Attachment
#1) .
Subsequent to receipt of the attached letter, the Administrator and Director
of Public Works met with Mr. Goldlust to review his more recent request. Based
on the information Mr. Goldlust provided, there appears to be some validity
in the case put forward by Mr. Goldlust that in his opinion it was always his
understanding that there would be an additional charge for spring clean-up.
He indicated that his company provided the collection service during spring
clean-up in Newcastle Village, Orono and Orono Estates and did not claim the
extra payment because there was not a large amount of money involved.
In addition, the contract does not qualify the type of refuse and bundle size
so related with respect to spring clean-up. In the contractor' s opinion there
was a large amount of refuse placed at the curb during spring clean-up that
in his opinion would not normally be picked up in a spring clean-up. Rather
than not picking the material up, the contractor felt that it was in everyone's
best interest to do so and therefore collected everything left at the curbside.
Staff feel it is appropriate to recommend to Council a reasonable resolution
to this matter. It is suggested that as a compromise the contractor and the
Town equally share in the cost of the collection for spring clean-up in 1988.
Accordingly, it is respectfully recommended that the firm of Browning Ferris
Industries Limited be reimbursed a total of $9,623.88. This is deemed to be fair
and equitable on review of the circumstances.
Respectfully submitted,
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Director of Public Works
Lawrence E. o ef �
Chief Administ ative Officer
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BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES
Eastern Lakes District
November 16, 1988
Corporation Of The Town Of Newcastle
40 Temperance Street
Bowmanville, Ontario
L1C 3A6
ATTENTION: Mr Lawrence Kotseff
Chief Administrative Officer
Dear Sir:
Once again, I am writing to you with regards to an outstanding balance owed
by the Town Of Newcastle for services performed during the spring clean-up
week. That outstanding amount being $19,247.75.
The position that B.F.I. takes with due respect is that we should not bear
the costs entirely for what I believe was a misunderstanding from the outset.
Given this, I would ask you to at least consider paying that portion of the
tipping fees as related to the $19,247.75 which is $11,015.47 and one-third
of labour costs, which is $2,711.60 representing what I believe and the
pictures would indicate as being service beyond the normal clean up week.
Therefore, I would ask you to consider the sum of $13,727.07 to be a fair
and equitable settlement of this claim and allow us to continue doing business
together as we have grown accustomed to in the past.
Yours very truly,
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Wilf Goldlust �ili� :.
District Manager
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