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May 10, 2016
<br />Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Whitaker, Wright
<br />Nays: Moody, Psimas
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<br />16 - 150 - Items Submitted by Council Members
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<br />Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an
<br />agreement with the Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) for the use and
<br />support of a regional solid waste disposal system, conditioned upon SPSA and
<br />the City entering into a Collaborative Development Agreement with regard to the
<br />development of a new Portsmouth Transfer Station and subject to a sufficient
<br />number of member localities entering into an identical Use and Support
<br />Agreement to effect the selected waste disposal method at an initial tipping fee
<br />cost of less than $65 per ton for the disposal of municipal solid waste.
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<br />Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Dr. Whitaker, to defer this item to the
<br />June 14, 2016 City Council meeting, and was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Whitaker, Wright
<br />Nays: Cherry, Edmonds
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<br /> Motion by Mr. Meeks, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to add an item to the
<br />agenda, and was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Whitaker, Wright
<br />Nays: None
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<br /> Motion by Dr. Whitaker, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to direct the City Manager
<br />to submit a Request for Proposal (RFP), per state code and local ordinance, for solid
<br />waste disposal as an option to the SPSA Proposal, and was adopted by the following
<br />vote:
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<br />1. Terry Gossage, 247 Douglas Avenue, wanted clarification on what City Council was
<br /> directing the City Manager to do.
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<br />2. Joann Clarke, 4717 Thornwood Street, spoke in support of this item.
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<br />3. Cathy Revell, 422 Crawford Street, spoke in support of this item.
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<br />4. Mark Geduldig-Yatrofsky, P. O. Box 50141, spoke in support of this item.
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<br />5. Coleman Young, 602 North Street, asked that City Council to continue to look at
<br /> regional support.
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<br />6. Randy Bailey, 200 Maryland Avenue, spoke in support of this item.
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<br />7. Dottie Wyatt, 99 Channing Avenue, spoke in support of this item.
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<br />Ayes: Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Whitaker, Wright
<br />Nays: Cherry, Edmonds
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<br /> Dr. Whitaker read into the record the following audit finding concerns regarding the
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<br />recycling program and Craney Island Landfill:
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<br />“Internal control issues:
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<br />1. No instrument in place to measure the tonnage of outgoing and incoming trucks as
<br />required by the contract (no scale at the site)
<br />a. The City was solely relying on tonnage receipts and tonnage reports from
<br />Recycling and Disposal Solutions (RDS). So we were paying RDS for bulk trash
<br />without reconciling what we paid with what we sent.
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