Submitted By: Danielle Phillips
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Presentation By: Darren Park
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Department: Public Works
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Amend existing agreement for litter control services with Wear Gloves Inc. for an additional contract expenditure of $28,600
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OCALA’S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Operational Excellence .
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
N/A
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BACKGROUND:
The Public Works department has staffing needs for litter control. Currently, we utilize Wear Gloves Inc., a community non-profit organization, to provide litter control in city parks, city-owned property in the midtown area, and road rights-of-way. This service includes one (1) supervisor and a crew of litter collectors who are cumulatively working 200 hours per week. The existing one-year agreement was approved by City Council on July 6, 2021 for an expenditure of $114,400.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
Wear Gloves Inc. is willing to provide an additional crew to meet the demands for litter control. The additional Wear Gloves crew will be replacing a Department of Corrections inmate squad. The Department of Corrections has been experiencing correctional officer staffing shortages and has not been able to consistently provide an inmate squad for litter control through much of the COVID-19 pandemic. Budgeted funds for the inmate squad will be used instead to pay for the additional Wear Gloves crew. This is a cost neutral operational change.
Currently the compensation per week for Wear Gloves litter control is $2,200. This amendment increases the compensation to $3,300 per week for 305 cumulative working hours for the remainder of the contract.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Additional funding for the remaining term of this contract is budgeted in 453-023-326-534-53-34010 for FY21-22 in the amount of $28,600.
PROCUREMENT REVIEW:
This agreement has been reviewed and approved for compliance with the City’s procurement policies.
LEGAL REVIEW:
The agreement will be reviewed and approved for form and legality by the City Attorney, Robert W. Batsel, Jr.
ALTERNATIVE:
• Deny
• Table
• Direct Otherwise